Youth’s mental health journeys through the COVID-19 pandemic using arts-based methods in virtual environments
Roberta L Woodgate, Lisa Mary-Quigley, Ashley Bell, Marlyn Bennett, Andrew R Hatala · 2026
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Roberta L Woodgate and colleagues worked with nineteen young people aged fourteen to twenty four across Canada on their mental health journeys through COVID. Youth directed art methods, maps of supports and life paths plus a chosen art piece, joined open interviews online. Themes were built from words and images together.
Three chapters emerged: chaos on entering the pandemic, inward reflection during it, and personal growth after it. Mental health dipped, steadied through self examination, and in many accounts strengthened by the end. Art based work let youth show turning points that interviews alone might miss. Services should honour that growth while staying ready for the next shock.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Roberta L Woodgate, Lisa Mary-Quigley, Ashley Bell, Marlyn Bennett, Andrew R Hatala |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 79357 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |