Social resilience of young people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The case of the Gdansk – Gdynia – Sopot metropolitan area in Poland
Social resilience of young people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The case of the Gdansk – Gdynia – Sopot metropolitan area in Poland

Summary/Abstract: Motives: Social resilience is increasingly attracting the interest of researchers and practitioners dueto the need to stabilize and adapt societies to new challenges. These challenges result from successivecrises, including pandemics. The answer lies in understanding, exploring, and building socialresilience.Aim: The theoretical aim of the article is to identify the components of social resilience based ona review of international literature. The empirical aim is to present a methodology and to examinesocial resilience based on a survey.Results: The results show that social resilience is determined by the resources and capital of individualsor households. Among them, social, human, financial and material capital should be distinguished.The surveyed respondents were characterized by high social resilience to the crisis caused by thepandemic due to their predominantly young age, good education, and extensive social contacts despitelimited financial and material resources.

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