DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND WAYS OF DEALING WITH THEM BY STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Ewa SKRZETUSKA¹, Agnieszka ROWICKA²

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Article No. 20231229132302702

Keywords: difficult situations, ways of coping, problem solving, students, pandemic, distance learning, crisis.

Abstract The article presents students' opinions on the experiences they encountered during distance learning during the pandemic and lockdown. These opinions were selected from the statements of 164 students, over 50% of whom came from villages and small towns. The majority of respondents were women. The descriptions of various difficult situations and ways of overcoming them presented by the respondents were subjected to qualitative analysis. The analysis used separate categories of actions to address and avoid these situations. This allowed us to notice different strategies for coping with difficult situations and their nature. Most of the respondents' statements indicated the search for positive sides of the events and optimal solutions to difficulties, which allowed the respondents to function well despite the objectively limiting pandemic conditions. Few statements indicated negative release of emotions or avoidance of thinking about the problem. Sometimes some people indicated passive submission to the situation or looking for alternative forms of activity that could give a sense of satisfaction.

1. professor at the Department of Sociology and Pedagogy, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

   ORCID: 0000-0003-2035-6082

   E-mail: ewa_skrzetuska@sggw.edu.pl

2. assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sociology and Pedagogy, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

   ORCID: 0000-0002-0643-2213

   E-mail: agnieszka_rowicka@sggw.edu.pl

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