Examination of the Psychological Effects of COVID-19 on University Students in Türkiye One Year Later from the Pandemic

Year 2024, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 108 - 122, 31.05.2024

Yıldız Bilge , Ülkü Tankut Yıldırım , Aygerim Bilgen , Esra Belgeli , Zeynep Zengin

https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1252237

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate and compare the levels of depression, anxiety, stress, social media addiction, loneliness, and life satisfaction of university students for the pre-pandemic period and one year after Covid-19. Furthermore, aims to examine whether gender is a determinant in this comparison and to determine to what extent depression, anxiety, and stress are predicted by social media addiction, loneliness, life satisfaction, and tolerance to Covid-19. Participants consisted of 544 university students, 411 women (75.6%), and 133 (24.4%) men, aged between 18 and 40 (22.63-3.46). It was detected that the whole variables in the present study were related to each other. Also, there was a significant difference in favor of after Covid-19 between before and after Covid-19 scores in all of the variables of this study and this difference for some variables was higher in the female group. Additionally, it was observed tolerance to Covid-19, loneliness, social media addiction and satisfaction with life were predictors. Consequently, the difficulties brought by the pandemic may increase the susceptibility of depression, stress, and anxiety by affect loneliness and life satisfaction. Besides, the determination that women are more vulnerable in the face of difficulties related to Covid-19 may be associated that genders differ in the way they perceive and experience these difficulties.

Keywords

COVID-19, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Social Media Addiction, Loneliness, Satisfaction with Life

Pandemiden Bir Yıl Sonra COVID-19'un Türkiye'deki Üniversite Öğrencileri Üzerindeki Psikolojik Etkilerinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışma, üniversite öğrencilerinin depresyon, anksiyete, stres, sosyal medya bağımlılığı, yalnızlık ve yaşam doyum düzeylerinin pandemi öncesi ve Covid-19 sonrasındaki bir yıl için değerlendirilmesi ve karşılaştırılmasını amaçlamaktadır. Ayrıca, bu karşılaştırmada cinsiyetin belirleyici olup olmadığının incelenmesi ve sosyal medya bağımlılığı, yalnızlık, yaşam doyumu ve Covid-19'a toleransın depresyon, anksiyete ve stresi ne düzeyde yordadığının belirlenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmaya yaşları 18-40 (22,63-3,46) arasında değişen 411'i kadın (%75,6) ve 133'ü (%24,4) erkek olmak üzere 544 üniversite öğrencisi katılmıştır. Bu çalışmadaki tüm değişkenlerin birbiriyle ilişkili olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca, mevcut çalışmanın tüm değişkenlerinde Covid-19 öncesi ve sonrası puanları arasında Covid-19 sonrası lehine anlamlı bir fark olduğu ve bazı değişkenler için bu farkın kadın katılımcılarda daha yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır. Bununla birlikte, Covid-19'a tolerans, yalnızlık, sosyal medya bağımlılığı ve yaşam doyumu durumunun yordayıcı olduğu gözlenmiştir. Sonuç olarak, pandeminin getirdiği zorluklar, yalnızlık ve yaşam doyumunu etkileyerek depresyon, stres ve anksiyete yatkınlığını artırabilir. Öte yandan, kadınların Covid-19 ile ilgili zorluklar karşısında daha savunmasız olduğunun tespiti, cinsiyetlerin bu zorlukları algılama ve deneyimleme biçimlerinin farklı olmasıyla ilişkilendirilebilir.

Keywords

COVID-19, Depresyon, Kaygı, Stres, Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığı, Yalnızlık, Yaşam Doyumu

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