Doctoral Dissertation Research: Changing Perceptions of Social Withdrawal in Quarantine

博士论文研究：改变隔离期间社交退缩的看法

• 批准号: 2116159
• 负责人: Joseph Hankins
• 金额: $ 0.38万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-15 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2116159&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Changing; Perceptions

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). As of the summer of 2021, the global COVID-19 pandemic is well into its second year, with fresh waves of infection and uncertainty driven by local variants and uneven global handling of the virus. Communities have struggled to adjust to life in full- and partial- quarantine. This doctoral dissertation research project contributes to efforts to address mental health issues brought to light during quarantine, by considering the specific ways that attitudes toward mental health in quarantine have been reconceptualized. In addition to providing funding for the training of a graduate student in anthropology in the methods of empirical, scientific data collection and analysis, this project d disseminates findings and data to further public education about science and the scientific method, and leverages collaborative networks to build the capacity to conduct future research on mental health. The project also broadens the participation of groups historically underrepresented in science. Additionally, attention to how quarantined people address their lonely experiences inform initiatives to address the putative "loneliness epidemic" striking the U.S, even after the pandemic.This dissertation research project examines how constructions and conceptions of mental health and illness are transformed during periods of social upheaval. The research explores shifts in perceptions and experiences of a group of long-term stay-at-home social recluses, due to widespread quarantines in response to COVID-19. While the study population has historically experienced stigma for their potential mental health issues, quarantine forced a shift in public sentiment, and caused the public to ask what they might learn from a population that lives in isolation. In return, the shift in sentiment has prompted potentially permanent changes in their experiences. Through interviews, participant observation, and surveys this ethnographic study offers insight into the changed views of self-imposed isolation, changes in conceptions of mental health, and the experiences of quarantine. The intellectual findings contribute to anthropological theories of the constructions of illness, and science and technology studies on the relationship of society and psychiatric categories.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项全部或部分根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。截至2021年夏季，全球COVID-19大流行已进入第二个年头，新一波感染和不确定性由当地变种和全球对病毒的不均衡处理所驱动。社区一直在努力适应全面和部分隔离的生活。这个博士论文研究项目有助于努力解决隔离期间暴露的心理健康问题，通过考虑隔离期间对心理健康的态度已经被重新概念化的具体方式。除了为培训一名人类学研究生提供资金，使其掌握经验科学数据收集和分析方法外，该项目还传播研究结果和数据，以进一步开展科学和科学方法方面的公众教育，并利用合作网络建设今后开展心理健康研究的能力。该项目还扩大了历史上在科学领域代表性不足的群体的参与。此外，关注被隔离的人如何解决他们的孤独经历通知倡议，以解决假定的“孤独流行病”袭击美国，即使在大流行之后。该研究探讨了一群长期呆在家里的社交隐士的观念和经历的变化，这是由于应对COVID-19的广泛抵制。虽然研究人群在历史上因其潜在的心理健康问题而遭受耻辱，但隔离迫使公众情绪发生转变，并导致公众询问他们可能从生活在隔离中的人群中学到什么。反过来，情绪的转变也促使他们的经历发生了潜在的永久性变化。通过访谈，参与者观察和调查，本民族志研究提供了深入了解自我孤立的变化，心理健康观念的变化，以及隔离的经验。这些知识成果有助于疾病构成的人类学理论以及关于社会和精神病学类别关系的科学和技术研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识成果进行评估而被认为值得支持。更广泛的影响审查标准。