Social Contact, Academic Satisfaction, COVID-19 Knowledge, and Subjective Well-being Among Students at Turkish Universities: a Nine-University Sample

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2021-12-01

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Erden, Gulsen
Özdoğru,Asil Ali
Çoksan, Sami
Ogel-Balaban, Hale
Azak, Yakup
Altinoglu-Dikmeer, Ilkiz
Ergul-Topcu, Aysun
Yasak, Yesim
Kıral-Uçar, Gözde
OKTAY, SEDA
KARACA DİNÇ, PELİN
MERDAN YILDIZ, EZGİ DİDEM
Eltan, Selen
Kumpasoğlu, Güler Beril
Baytemir, Gulsen

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Adverse effects of COVID-19 are seen not only on the physical health of infected individuals but also on their subjective well-being. Sudden changes in social lives, lockdowns, and shifts towards online education have had a negative impact on many people, especially university students. As part of an international study, the current study focused on the well-being of students at Turkish universities in relation to social contact, academic satisfaction, and COVID-19 knowledge. A total of 7363 students from nine universities (86.6% from state universities, 71.04% female, and 73.52% at bachelor's level) participated in an online survey. Results revealed that females had lower levels of subjective well-being and academic satisfaction. According to a mediation model in the study, the relationship between social contact and well-being was mediated by academic satisfaction and COVID-19 knowledge. Our findings can guide future researchers, mental health professionals, universities, and policymakers to understand and improve subjective well-being of university students.

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Subjective well-being, Social contact, Academic satisfaction, COVID-19, University students, MENTAL-HEALTH, SUPPORT

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/94929

Journal

APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-021-10019-7

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Department of Psychology, Article

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G. Erden et al., “Social Contact, Academic Satisfaction, COVID-19 Knowledge, and Subjective Well-being Among Students at Turkish Universities: a Nine-University Sample,” APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE, pp. 0–0, 2021, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/94929.