"RECONNOITERING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 REVERSE MIGRANTS IN THE FACE OF FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY: FROM CATASTROPHE TO COMPLICATION"
Abstract
This paper reviews the complex psychological environment often characterizing COVID-19 reverse migrant’s financial reality. Cohort: Today many find themselves at a stand of economic uncertainty as soon as they get back to their homes after the outbreak. It dissects for the reader the emotional lives of these people and how the crisis has affected them psychologically. Through interviews and questionnaires, the study documents how reverse migrants, who are both confronting the pandemic and economic challenges, have diverse experiences. Consequently, the research illustrates critical psychological issues such as increased anxiety, stress and feelings of disorientation and exile. This also discusses the resiliency of migrants and survival techniques in coping with problems specifying special characteristics in migrants that enable them to adapt to difficult circumstances. Furthermore, he investigates what part played by social and community supporting structures as factors that help to ease the pressure of financial insecurity on an individual’s emotional state. The study might help readers understand how economic conditions and psychological health interconnect during the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises. The findings of this study should be useful to policy makers, psychologists, social workers, and community leaders by providing information on how they might better address the psychological experiences of reverse migrants, in order to provide more effective and focused assistance where it is needed most.
Keyword : COVID-19 Reverse Migration, Financial Instability, Displacement Stress, Socioeconomic Challenges, Psychological Resilience
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