In the Mirror of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Split and Reunification of Spouses / Partners

Abstract

In the article the author reflects on the strategies of actions / interactions of the “pandemic society”. It is noted that in a situation of global turn, everyone discovers new meanings and understands their value for themselves. It is emphasized that the process of comprehension and reassessment of individual axiological directions inevitably actualizes the issue of self-reference of identities and intensifies the search for the meaning of life. It is considered how social isolation affects the nature of interpersonal relations of spouses / partners. Taking into account the results of the pilot study, the goal is to generalize and interpret socio-psychological data on the nature of interpersonal relationships in conditions of long-term quarantine. The study is based on the methodology of postmodernism, which determines the justification of explanations of identified social phenomena and events based on a combination of empirical data with their interpretation. It is concluded that the results of the express questionnaire allowed to take a comprehensive approach to the voice of the questions that arose in response to the challenges of the endemic of Coronavirus COVID-19 to each family. The reflection of the obtained data, according to the author, gives grounds to believe that in the social reality there is a turn of interpersonal relations of spouses / partners in the direction of their humanization. It is emphasized that changes at the level of interpersonal relationships show that you need to appreciate the simplest things - to take care of each other. Keywords: social isolation; relationship crisis; relationship healing; self-reference of identities; interpersonal relationships.