The Lived Emotions of Youth in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study in Sistan and Baluchestan

The worldwide outbreak of Covid-19 creates significant changes in people's daily lives all over the world. Therefore, the present study can examine the feelings of young people at this point in history (Covid-19). This study used in-depth and semi-standard interviews according to the phenomenological method and context of research. Thus, among the youth of Sistan and Baluchestan, 41 people have been selected and studied by purposive sampling method; Findings were categorized into two main themes, nine sub-themes, and 64 Primary themes. The central theme of emotional transmission in young people shows that the Rapid spread of the disease and its bitter consequences have caused emotional continuity between different social groups, The epidemic of sad life in society, and even global emotion. Another central theme of emotional insecurity in young people consists of the sub-themes, fear, anxiety about the spread and lack of treatment of the disease in the high-risk society, growing frustration, uncertainty, and emotional fatigue resulting from lockdown and corona progression. According to the research results, the youth of this province, along with the problems caused by the Corona epidemic, experienced different and continuous negative emotions such as sadness, fear, despair, indecision, and anger, which provided them with a static and complex emotional life-world. On the other hand, sympathetic feelings and emotional contagion have caused more emotional stagnation and destruction of young people, which seems helpful to pay attention to the needs of young people and the transfer of positive emotional norms to improve their emotions.