The purpose of this study is to analyse friendship and the making of friendships. This will be done by analysing students at an upper secondaryschool in Sweden. Then in regards of the Covid-19 pandemic and how the restrictions that follows affected friendships. Qualitative interviews with four students are conducted with the aim to answer this study’s purpose. The research questions and the theory in this study is based on previous research of friendship and the research question is following: How have friendship relations been affected in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic? The aim of this analysis is to acquire a deeper understanding of the concept of friendship. The results in this study shows how the students defines friendship, how they did friendship before, under and at the end of Covid-19. The consequences can be seen in some cases where friendships ended and in other cases where the friendships grew stronger because of the pandemic. The main theories used are of relation theories and theories about friendships and time. Key words used in this study are; Friendship, The making of friendships, The Covid-19pandemic and Relations
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-120107 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Henningsson, Felix |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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