Os Impactos do isolamento social na adolescência: um comparativo entre alunos de escola pública e privada

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Abstract: This work aims tounderstand and compare the experiences of adolescent students from public and private schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study. The database collected in 2021 by NIEVS scholarship holders, the nucleus in which the research is included, was used in four schools in the municipality of Feira de Santana- Bahia, two from the public network and two from the private network. 16 teenagers aged 12 to 17 were interviewed. For data analysis, the Content Analysis technique proposed by Bardin and the “Iramuteq” software were used. Adolescents from both education systems suffered losses in their learning with remote teaching; adopted digital media as their main leisure activity; suffered impacts on mental health, presented feelings of fear, anxiety and others; and received the news of the return of in-person classes, some with joy and others with insecurity. Some differences were noted between teenagers from the two networks, public school students faced greater difficulties with the physical structure to study at home; spent more time without returning to classes; they spent more time alone and took care of younger siblings; exhibited antisocial behavior; and they were even more insecure about returning to face-to-face activities. Given this, it is concluded thatSocial isolation harmed adolescents in general, however, these consequences were greater for public school students.