Question

in this time of covid 19 pandemic how can the study of social sciences help us? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

A recent article in the Harvard Business Review compared what we’re experiencing to grief – we are mourning the loss of our previous lives and selves. That feels right to me, and while I seem stuck in the denial stage, others appear to have catapulted through to acceptance far more quickly. What factors predict their seemingly superior ability to cope with lockdown? Why will some people’s mental health suffer more than others over the coming months? Why are some seeing this as an opportunity for a new and better world to emerge, while others (myself included) are finding far less to be cheerful about?

This is just one strand of social science questions emerging from Covid-19. Will existing theories about the factors that shape our responses to crises and isolation hold true in these new circumstances? Early data from the Pew Research Centre suggest that women, young people and those with lower incomes, as well as “those whose jobs or income have been cut by the outbreak”, are “more likely than other groups to fall into the high distress category”. New findings on who is suffering most from loneliness in lockdown vary by country. In one recent US survey it is the young, while an unpublished study by Soubhik Barari and others suggests that in Italy it is older people.