Open AccessExploring the Emotions of Single International Students in Hong Kong Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
- Suprihatin,
Lilik Istiqomah,
Rini Intansari Meilani,
Khoiriyah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of international students
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.47
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2166-3750
pISSN - 2162-3104
DOI - 10.32674/jis.v10is3.3201
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , psychology , narrative , mental health , social psychology , pedagogy , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychotherapist
This narrative study aims to explore the emotional experiences of international students in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data in this study were garnered from the results of interviews with two single female students who were completing their doctoral studies at a public university in Hong Kong. We analyzed the interview data thematically with the Hargreaves’s emotional geography framework (2001a, 2001b). Findings showed that the COVID-19 pandemic affected the emotional experience of international students in terms of the dissertation guidance process, psychological mental state, relationships with family, finance, and spirituality. This empirical evidence may provide new insight into the role of emotionality in the completion of postgraduate studies during the uncertain and worrying pandemic.