Espacios de participación comunitaria y bienestar psicosocial durante la pandemia por Covid – 19 en la ciudad de Quito. Análisis de las percepciones de los pobladores de 18 a 35 años del barrio Carapungo.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to analyze the perceptions of community participation spaces and psychosocial well-being in residents aged 18 to 35 in the Carapungo neighborhood during the Covid 19 pandemic. From a qualitative perspective and a phenomenological design, conducted semi-structured interviews with two population groups; the coordinators of the participation spaces and the residents who attend the spaces.

As main findings, it was found that the perceptions about community participation spaces are closely related to the characteristics of psychosocial well-being, in one space a non-material need (cultural, educational and participation) was satisfied and in the other both were satisfied; the material (the right to work) and the non-material (perception of mutual support and social integration), in both spaces psychosocial well-being is present in the individual and collective sphere, in the individual sphere as the positive evaluations that are perceived between the socio- affective relationships, personal growth and security, and in the collective insofar as the process of organization and community participation are valued, positively, as resources to face problems and solve needs.