Gok, AyseKara, Ahmet2024-11-072024-11-0720221046-13101936-4733https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01506-zhttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/14792The main purpose of the current study is to investigate the perceptions of individuals' living in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic through metaphor analysis. The current study employed the descriptive phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods. A total of 210 individuals living in Turkey (114 females (68.6%) and 66 males (31.4%)) participated in the current study through an online questionnaire on a voluntary basis. As the data collection tool, the online questionnaire form developed by the researchers was used. The collected data were analyzed within the framework of five-stage metaphor analysis. As a result of the analysis, a total of seven metaphor categories called being restricted, restlessness, uncertainty/obscurity, deadly/dangerous, struggling, faith/destiny, and supernatural were obtained. These categories were subsumed under three themes called anxiety/concern, risk, and faith.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCOVID-19 pandemicMetaphorAnxietyRiskFaithArticle41144945810.1007/s12144-021-01506-z337763822-s2.0-85103569763Q2WOS:000631764300002Q2