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DOCAL MILLAN, María del Carmen; CABRERA GARCIA, Victoria Eugenia; MCLEAN CHAVES, Rosa Elvira  e  QUINCOSIS SANABRIA, Leidy Johana. Quarantine: Consumption experiences and coping strategies of insular and continental Colombian inhabitants. Civilizar [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.42, e20220102.  Epub 11-Jan-2013. ISSN 1657-8953.  https://doi.org/10.22518/jour.ccsh/20220102.

In Colombia, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people were in strict confinement between March and September 2020, which forced families to perform all their daily life activities at home. Within this context, the changes in consumption and coping strategies are topics of interest because of their implications on human health and wellbeing. Colombia has two main territorial zones: a continental platform and a group of islands in the Caribbean, composed of the archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina. The continental zone, despite the diversity between regions, has common patters, while the insular territory has a strong cultural particularity bot in its social structure and regarding its Raizal population. Based on this reality, our research seeks to identify the differences between a Colombian group of people from the continental and island territories regarding the changes in their consumption habits and coping strategies during the quarantine due to COVID-19. Methodologically, this is a quantitative descriptive study, with the participation of 1,252 Colombian men and women, all of them above 18 years and residents of the continental or island zones of the country. According to our results, insular inhabitants consumed more food and medicines than those from the mainland, who, in turn, consumed more alcoholic beverages and made more online purchases. Men consumed more alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, and psychoactive substances, while women consumed more medications. As for coping strategies, people from the island territory sought for family and professional support and relied on spiritual and leisure activities. Women engaged in spiritual activities as a coping strategy more than men. During the COVID-19 lockdown, people experienced circumstances they had never experienced. For this reason, they had to resort to coping strategies focused on finding support in people and executing activities that helped them feel relieved mentally and emotionally.

Palavras-chave : COVID-19 pandemic; isolation; culture; Raizal population; consumption; coping strategies..

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