The Importance of Psychologıcal Resilience in Maintaınıng Functıonalıty During the Covid 19 Pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic requires a complex journey for individuals, which is full of unknowns, includes intense stress and anxiety, and causes many changes in the family structure physically, spiritually and economically. Psychological resilience is thought to be a concept that is associated with the ability of some people to overcome negativities, while others lose their functionality despite a crisis situation such as a pandemic. Therefore, it is important to develop psychological resilience in order to minimize the negative effects of the pandemic and to overcome this journey. The purpose of this review article is to discuss the concept of psychological resilience and the importance of psychological resilience at the point of reducing the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the individual and strategies to develop psychological resilience.

Keywords

• covid19
• pandemic
• psychological resilience

COVID 19 Pandemisi Sırasında İşlevselliğin Sürdürülmesinde Psikolojik Dayanıklılığın Önemi

Öz

COVID-19 pandemisi bireyler için karmaşık, bilinmezliklerle dolu, yoğun stres ve kaygı içeren, fiziksel, ruhsal ve ekonomik olarak aile yapısında birçok değişikliğe neden olan bir yolculuk gerektirmektedir. Psikolojik dayanıklılık, bazı kişilerin olumsuzlukların üstesinden gelme yeteneği ile ilişkilendirilirken, bazılarının ise pandemi gibi bir kriz durumuna rağmen işlevselliğini yitirmesi ile ilişkilendirilen bir kavram olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu nedenle pandeminin olumsuz etkilerini en aza indirmek ve bu yolculuğun üstesinden gelmek için bireylerin psikolojik dayanıklılığını geliştirmek önemlidir. Bu derleme makalenin amacı, psikolojik dayanıklılık kavramını ve Covid-19 pandemisinin birey üzerindeki olumsuz etkilerini azaltma noktasında psikolojik dayanıklılığın önemini ve psikolojik dayanıklılığı geliştirmeye yönelik stratejileri tartışmaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Pandemi

Kaynakça

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