Not a matter of quantity: quality of relationships and personal interests predict university students' resilience to anxiety during CoViD-19

Autor: Cecilia Guiot, Roberta Milani, Pierluigi Politi, Natascia Brondino, Marta Nola, Stefano Damiani
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Current Psychology (New Brunswick, N.j.)
ISSN: 1046-1310
Popis: During the CoViD-19 pandemic, University students may have suffered from increased anxiety due to interferences in their relationships and in academic requirements, as didactic activities have moved to distance learning systems. However, being surrounded by supportive relationships and being motivated to cultivate personal interests might have decreased anxiety. In this pilot study, we collected the responses of 174 students from Italian University merit colleges to an online questionnaire, investigating their perceived anxiety, the quality of surrounding relationships, whether they were cultivating any personal interests and whether they had spent the period of lockdown in college or at home. Regression analyses indicated that both quality of relationships and personal interests predicted low levels of anxiety (p p
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