Impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on university students’ lifestyles: do age and gender matter?

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on university students’ lifestyles: do age and gender matter?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on university students’ lifestyles: do age and gender matter?

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Cogent Education

ISSN

2331-186X

e-ISSN

2331-186X

Svazek periodika

11

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001238426400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85195322494