Changes in Students’ Life at Selected Universities in Central and Eastern Europe during the First Stage of the Pandemic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Changes in Students’ Life at Selected Universities in Central and Eastern Europe during the First Stage of the Pandemic

Published:2022-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:41 Page:125-137
ISSN:2081-6383
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Author:

Kawczyńska-Butrym Zofia¹^ORCID,Pantyley Victoriya²^ORCID,Butrym Marek³^ORCID,Kisla Ganna⁴^ORCID,Fakeyeva Liudmila⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Sociology , Maria Curie-Skłodowska University , Lublin , Poland

2. Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management , Maria Curie-Skłodowska University , Lublin , Poland

3. Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences , Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw , Poland

4. Faculty of Socio-Economic Education , National Pedagogical Dragomanov University , Kyiv , Ukraine

5. Business School , University of Edinburgh , United Kingdom

Abstract

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic affected not only global economy and society, but also particular institutions, including those of higher education. The aim of the paper is to determine changes in students’ life at selected universities in Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. An online survey was applied, addressed to students of four universities in Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus (n=380). As a result of the pandemic, more than 46% of students declared worsening of their material situation. In comparison to the period before the pandemic, the respondents observed appearance or intensification of various psychosomatic symptoms, and a 12 percent point decrease in the assessment of their own health. The comparative analysis showed similarities between students’ life preferences, plans on university education, and differences in their material situation, health, and employment.

Publisher

Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/quageo-2022-0017

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