Paper short abstract:

The paper aims to present the results of a research on a group of teenagers from the metropolitan area of northern Italy, with the purpose of exploring their experiences during Covid-19 pandemic and analysing their perspectives about the changes in their lives and the strategies adopted to cope with

Paper long abstract:

The Covid-19 emergency forced societies to undergo profound structural changes and to modify the nature and modalities of many of their organised forms of social life. These alterations have had significant effects on the lives of children and young people not only because of the disruptions of their daily routines and habits, but also for the impact on the key relational contexts contributing to the development of individual and collective identities. This paper aims to present some of the findings of a research designed to explore the everyday experiences of 134 adolescents aged 16–18 years studying and living in the metropolitan area of Turin (Northern Italy). The study, realized between May and June 2021, adopted a qualitative method with the realization of 18 online focus groups analysing participants’ perspectives concerning the changes that occurred in their lives and their opinions about the virus and strategies for facing the emergency.

This contribution, aiming to understand how the Covid-19 has changed the world of this group of adolescents and their ability to cope with these transformations. Specifically, it will focus on the perceptions about Covid-related risk and on the pandemic's impact on key relational settings (home, school and peers).