Impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on university students’ lifestyles: do age and gender matter?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41110%2F24%3A100602" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41110/24:100602 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2356411#abstract" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2356411#abstract</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2356411" target="_blank" >10.1080/2331186X.2024.2356411</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on university students’ lifestyles: do age and gender matter?
Original language description
The pandemic has had a significant impact on many aspects of students’ lives, including their lifestyles. This article presents findings from a quantitative survey conducted among 381 university students which aimed to evaluate the effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on the students’ lifestyle choices and examine the relationships between age, gender and related lifestyle characteristics. The results indicated notable changes in university students’ daily routines during the pandemic with heightened engagement in digital activities such as social networking, movie and series watching, and gaming. Their appetites and alcohol consumption increased. Some students experienced physical and psychological exhaustion, loneliness, depression and sleep problems. The research results showed relationships between age and regular engagement in sports, social media usage, movie and series watching, gaming, weight loss, and feelings of loneliness and depression. Despite students’ concerns about being socially isolated, support from their families helped them cope with the challenges brought about by the pandemic. A crucial finding is that most students reported being satisfied with the shift to distance learning, confirming that it could be a viable alternative for education. Enhanced understanding of these relationships is vital for higher education institutions to be able to improve students’ learning satisfaction, well-being and academic performance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Cogent Education
ISSN
2331-186X
e-ISSN
2331-186X
Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001238426400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85195322494