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Back Home: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the overall life satisfaction of university students
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Keywords

University Students
Overall Life Satisfaction
Social Isolation
Demographic variables

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Vieira, K. M., Potrich, A. C. G., & Klein, L. L. (2024). Back Home: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the overall life satisfaction of university students. Revista Interamericana De Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 58(1), e1719. https://doi.org/10.30849/ripijp.v58i1.1719

Abstract

Analisamos os efeitos do isolamento social na satisfação geral com a vida de estudantes universitários durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Foi realizada uma pesquisa com 2.556 universitários brasileiros e as principais técnicas utilizadas foram análise fatorial exploratória, análise de cluster e modelagem de equações estruturais. Os resultados indicam que a maioria dos estudantes universitários percebeu perdas na satisfação geral com a vida devido à pandemia. Constatamos que quanto mais o indivíduo identifica a piora na saúde durante o processo de isolamento social, maior é sua percepção de perda de satisfação com a vida. Por outro lado, quanto maior for o sentimento de que o isolamento social pode proteger contra a COVID-19, menor será a perda da satisfação geral com a vida do indivíduo. O perfil predominante no grupo com maior perda na satisfação geral com a vida é o de mulheres, solteiras, sem filhos e com baixa renda. Esses resultados sugerem a possibilidade de aumento da procura por atendimento psicológico e necessidade de cuidados especiais na retomada das aulas presenciais.

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