Significados atribuidos desde las estrategias de afrontamiento a la experiencia de duelo a partir de la pérdida de un ser querido por covid-19

Abstract

This research is characterized as a case study, which aims to understand the meanings that people attribute to the experience of grief, from the loss of a loved one by Covid-19, from their coping strategies. It will be developed from the qualitative perspective of the research, which allows us to approach a multilateral and holistic vision, according to this we will determine the phenomenon to be studied, it takes hermeneutics and the interpretive paradigm as epistemological framework, from a systemic perspective; The technique to be used is oriented from the semi-structured interview that allows to have a broader conception of the meanings attributed from the coping strategies, taking into account as inclusion criteria a student from the Santo Tomás University who has lost a loved one due to Covid- 19 and that he states that she has completed his grieving process, at the age of 22, and that she expresses her interest in participating in the present investigation; For this purpose, a methodology based on three key moments is designed: a) Interpretive, b) comprehensive and c) configuration of meanings. The approach to the data is intended to approach from a structural and cross analysis to the categories related in the unit matrix as a resource for the outline of the research strategies. The results denote the importance of implementing strategies focused on decision-making that promote adaptability not only in the event of loss and the grieving process but also in the face of contemporary covid-19, on the other hand, the experiences and the main emotions implicit in them, among which pain, fear and sadness are the protagonists, both for what causes loss as well as the danger in the face of illness and own death.