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Young people and the Corona period

An investigation in the German-Dutch border region

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Since March 2020, many societies found themselves in a state of emergency due to the Corona pandemic. Various measures were implemented, which were aimed in particular at reducing social contact and which changed people's everyday lives to an unprecedented extent. One group that can be classified as particularly vulnerable in relation to these measures is that of young people. Due to their developmental stage of transition from childhood to adulthood, they are in a crucial phase for identity formation. The concern is well-founded that they suffer more from the measures taken than other age groups and in reaction form maladaptive strategies of coping with the stresses. This concern was the starting point for the project, which addressed the following main questions by means of standardised surveys in the German-Dutch border region:
1. Does the well-being of young people suffer in times of the Corona pandemic?
2. What forms of coping with the pandemic and the measures associated with it can be identified among young people?
3. How did young people's family relationships and friendships develop during the Corona pandemic?
4. What do young people currently think about the Euregio Rhine-Meuse-North? Did the attizudes towards the neighbouring country and its inhabitants changed as a result of the pandemic policy? What do the young people want from the Euregio in the future?

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