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Attitudes towards aspects of studying and mental health of Kinesiology students in the times of Covid-19 pandemic

The emergence of Covid-19 has led to negative consequences for human health, but it also has a great impact on the education of young people. The teaching process was mostly switched to distance education in order to control or prevent infection. Education has changed suddenly and students encountered significantly different conditions, as well as general life changes. The research aims to examine the attitudes about aspects of studying of kinesiology students – satisfaction with studying and academic performance during the pandemic. The other research goal was to examine the levels of students' preoccupation with various areas of life (physical and mental health, study, future education, relatedness) and mental health. The sample comprised 115 students from the Faculty of Kinesiology Osijek aged 18 to 26 (57.4% males). The questionnaire was designed to examine sociodemographic characteristics of students, satisfaction with various forms of teaching, study performance assessment and level of preoccupation. Mental health inventory (MHI-5, Slišković, 2020) was also applied. The obtained results indicate that lectures were mostly held online in real-time (97.4%), as well as seminars (92.2%). Students are mostly or completely satisfied with lectures. However, the practice was held in real-time (45.2%) and online almost equally. Slightly more than half of the students estimated that it was more demanding to focus during online lectures. Nevertheless, they have adapted well to the new online lectures and learning and can adopt the new skills. They often worry about their future careers, leisure, finance and studying. Female students are more concerned and have poorer mental health.

satisfaction with studying, academic performance, preoccupation, mental health, kinesiology students

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