Perceptions and emotional experiences at the time of COVID-19: an exploratory research to reflect on one's existence.

Abstract

The Italian Republic is experiencing an unprecedented historical moment: a health, economic, social and educational emergency caused by the pandemic spread of COVID-19. The article illustrates the results of a research on the impacts that the restrictions imposed by the Italian government have had on the elderly, adults, adolescents and children who until recently had a normal life and who suddenly had to face gradually increasing limitations of their personal and social freedom, interrupting the usual way of life for an unknown time. The research follows an integrated approach: medical humanities represent the theoretical reference scenario for reading the social perceptions of COVID-19, emotional education for the re-planning of existences, sustainable educational planning for the prospects of change.