Difficulties in the Close Social Relationships of Slovenian Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Puklek Levpušcek, Melita; Poredoš, Mojca
Titel	Difficulties in the Close Social Relationships of Slovenian Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 13 (2023) 2, S.163-187 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1855-9719
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; College Students; COVID-19; Pandemics; Friendship; Intimacy; Sexuality; Parent Child Relationship; Family Relationship; Peer Relationship; Gender Differences; Place of Residence; Slovenia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Collegestudent; Freundschaft; Intimität; Sexualität; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Wohnort; Slowenien
Abstract	This study examined the difficulties experienced by Slovenian upper-secondary school and university students aged 18 to 25 in their close social relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined the extent of social difficulties in six domains (relationships with friends, establishing a new relationship with an intimate partner, sexuality, relationship with a current intimate partner, parental control and living with parents, and family conflict) in the pre-pandemic period and in the first two waves of the pandemic. We were also interested in whether demographic variables were related to the students' perceived social difficulties. The results showed that the severity of reported difficulties increased in all six domains during the government-imposed quarantine periods, with relationships with friends and the opportunity to establish new intimate relationships being the most affected. In addition, we found differences in the extent of perceived difficulties related to educational status, gender, intimate relationship, and change in living situations. The study offers insight into the socio-emotional life of students during a non-normative life event that educators should acknowledge. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education. University of Ljubljana Kardeljeva plošcad 16. Slovenia. Tel: +386-1-5892-344; e-mail: editors@cepsj.si; Web site: https://ojs.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01