| Abstract | Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija je 11.03.2020. godine proglasila koronavirus globalnom pandemijom te su se uvele razne mjere kako bi se spriječila zaraza populacije. Temeljem toga, došlo je do raznih promjena u čovjekovoj svakidašnjici: gubljenje svakodnevnih rutina, izolacija od prijatelja, rodbine, nestašica hrane, lijekova, gubitak posla, zatvaranje odgojno obrazovanih ustanova itd. Pandemija koronavirusom donijela je strah, neizvjesnost, tjeskobu što je ostavilo posljedica na mentalno zdravlje. Cilj ovog završnog rada bio je ispitati kako se studenti suočavaju sa stresom za vrijeme pandemije, koje strategije koriste i koje aspekte na Skali koronastresora smatraju stresnijim. Rezultati su pokazali kako su se najčešće koristili strategijama usmjerenim na problemsko suočavanje, zatim emocionalnim te najmanje strategijama usmjerenim na izbjegavanje. Govoreći o Skali koronastresora, izdvojena su tri aspekta koja su procijenjena najstresnijima: zaraza bliskih ljudi, neizvjesnost cjelokupne situacije te dosada i nemogućnost sudjelovanja u svakodnevnim aktivnostima. Računanjem korelacija među ispitivanim strategijama suočavanja sa stresom te određenih stresnih aspekata koronakrize, nađeno je da što su sudionici stresnijom procijenili izolaciju zbog zaraze virusa stresnijom, to su češće koristili strategije suočavanja usmjerene na: distrakciju, aktivno suočavanje, poricanje, emocionalnu i instrumentalnu podršku, iskazivanje osjećaja, pozitivnu reprocjenu, planiranje, prihvaćanje i samookrivljavanje. Također, sudionici kojima je situacija dosade i nemogućnosti sudjelovanja u svakodnevnim aktivnostima bila izrazito stresna su više koristili strategije suočavanja usmjerene na: samodistrakciju, aktivno suočavanje, poricanje, korištenje supstanci, pozitivnu reprocjenu, humor i samookrivljavanje. Posljednje, sudionici koji su više stresnim procijenili utjecaj neizvjesnost cjelokupne situacije više su koristili strategije suočavanja usmjerene na: samodistrakciju, aktivno suočavanje, poricanje, korištenje supstanci, emocionalnu i instrumentalnu podršku, iskazivanje osjećaja, pozitivnu reprocjenu, planiranje i samookrivljavanje. Utvrđeni rezultati ističu potrebu ispitivanja učinaka pandemije koronavirusa na mentalno zdravlje studenata te uvođenje edukacija o efikasnim strategijama suočavanja u iznenadnim globalnim situacijama poput ove. |
| Abstract (english) | On 11th of March, 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus a global pandemic and various measures were introduced to prevent infection of the population. Based on this, there have been various changes in people's life: loss of daily routines, isolation from friends and relatives, food and medicine shortages, job loss, closure of educational institutions, etc. The coronavirus pandemic brought fear, uncertainty and anxiety in people's life which left consequences on their mental health. The aim of this study was to examine how students cope with stress during a pandemic, which strategies they use, and which aspects of the Coronary Stress Scale they find most stressful. The results showed that they most often used strategies aimed at coping with problems, then emotional and least of all strategies aimed at avoiding problems. Speaking about the Corona Stressor Scale, three aspects were singled out that were assessed as the most stressful: the infection of people close to them, the uncertainty of the whole situation and the boredom and inability to participate in everyday activities. By calculating correlations between the examined coping strategies and certain stress aspects of coronary crisis, it was found that the more participants assessed isolation due to virus infection as more stressful, the more often they used coping strategies focused on: distraction, active coping, denial, emotional and instrumental support, expression of feelings, positive re-evaluation, planning, acceptance, and self-blame. Also, participants who found the situation of boredom and inability to participate in daily activities extremely stressful used coping strategies focused on: self-distraction, active coping, denial, substance use, positive feedback, humor, and self-blame. Last, participants who were more stressed in assessing the impact of uncertainty on the overall situation used coping strategies more focused on: self-distraction, active coping, denial, substance use, emotional and instrumental support, expression of feelings, positive feedback, planning, and self-blame. The established results emphasize the need to examine the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on students' mental health and to introduce education on effective coping strategies in sudden global situations such as this one. |
