Does educational stress mediate the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and academic life satisfaction in teenagers during the COVID‐19 pandemic?
Abstract:The present study aims to investigate the mediator role of educational stress in the relationship between intolerance to uncertainty and academic life satisfaction among teenagers. The sample consisted of 257 female and 202 male high school students with an average age of 16.03 (SD = 1.21) continuing their education in the spring semester of the 2020−2021 academic year in Turkey. The data were collected via an online survey. Analyses revealed that intolerance of uncertainty directly and indirectly via educatio… Show more
“…Education during the pandemic was carried out in an improvised way, causing losses in learning, and it is necessary to restore this damage by offering support to families, adolescents and educators ( 25 ) . A study carried out in Turkey showed that adolescents’ satisfaction with school life was impaired due to the uncertainties they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic associated with high levels of stress ( 26 ) . Responsibility for the education of children initially refers to the family and, in this context, the school predisposes to a teaching-learning environment.…”
Objective: To know the vulnerability in adolescents’ daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Qualitative research carried out with 25 adolescents from a public school in a municipality in southern Brazil in the second half of 2021 through individual semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic content analysis and interpreted with the vulnerability theoretical framework. Results: These adolescents’ daily lives during the COVID-19 pandemic presented difficulties in keeping family members working, changing habits and routines, accessing classes, the internet and increasing intra-family violence. Conclusion: Vulnerability in adolescents’ daily life during the pandemic can be identified as the absence of interaction in the school context and access to learning resources, reflecting on individual and social vulnerability. Unemployment and possible access to other sources of income have an impact on programmatic vulnerability. Reflection on practices in the context of health and school is suggested, based on the vulnerability identified in adolescents’ daily lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“…Education during the pandemic was carried out in an improvised way, causing losses in learning, and it is necessary to restore this damage by offering support to families, adolescents and educators ( 25 ) . A study carried out in Turkey showed that adolescents’ satisfaction with school life was impaired due to the uncertainties they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic associated with high levels of stress ( 26 ) . Responsibility for the education of children initially refers to the family and, in this context, the school predisposes to a teaching-learning environment.…”
Objective: To know the vulnerability in adolescents’ daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Qualitative research carried out with 25 adolescents from a public school in a municipality in southern Brazil in the second half of 2021 through individual semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic content analysis and interpreted with the vulnerability theoretical framework. Results: These adolescents’ daily lives during the COVID-19 pandemic presented difficulties in keeping family members working, changing habits and routines, accessing classes, the internet and increasing intra-family violence. Conclusion: Vulnerability in adolescents’ daily life during the pandemic can be identified as the absence of interaction in the school context and access to learning resources, reflecting on individual and social vulnerability. Unemployment and possible access to other sources of income have an impact on programmatic vulnerability. Reflection on practices in the context of health and school is suggested, based on the vulnerability identified in adolescents’ daily lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“…A educação durante a pandemia foi realizada de maneira improvisada, ocasionando perdas na aprendizagem, sendo necessário restaurar esses danos oferecendo apoio às famílias, adolescentes e educadores (25) . Estudo realizado na Turquia mostrou que a satisfação em relação à vida escolar dos adolescentes foi prejudicada devido às incertezas que enfrentaram durante a pandemia de COVID-19 associada a elevados níveis de estresse (26) . A responsabilidade pela educação dos filhos remete, inicialmente, à família e, nesse contexto, a escola predispõe a um ambiente de ensino-aprendizagem.…”
RESUMO Objetivo: Conhecer a vulnerabilidade no cotidiano de adolescentes na pandemia de COVID-19. Método: Pesquisa qualitativa, realizada com 25 adolescentes de uma escola pública em um município do Sul do Brasil, no segundo semestre de 2021, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas individuais. Os dados foram submetidos à análise temática de conteúdo e interpretados com o referencial teórico da vulnerabilidade. Resultados: O cotidiano desses adolescentes na pandemia de COVID-19 apresentou-se com dificuldades na manutenção de empregos dos familiares, mudança de hábitos e rotinas, forma de acesso às aulas, internet e aumento da violência intrafamiliar. Conclusão: A vulnerabilidade no cotidiano de adolescentes durante a pandemia pode ser identificada como a ausência do convívio no contexto escolar e acesso aos recursos para aprendizagem, refletindo na vulnerabilidade individual e social. O desemprego e o possível acesso de outras fontes de renda repercutem na vulnerabilidade programática. Sugere-se a reflexão sobre práticas no contexto da saúde e da escola, tendo por base a vulnerabilidade identificada no cotidiano de adolescentes na pandemia de COVID-19.
“…Several studies have explored the above-mentioned topics in relation to the current pandemic of COVID-19, revealing that academic life satisfaction has been damaged by students' inability to tolerate the uncertainty in reference to COVID-19 [71]. Further, Oral and Karakurt [72] demonstrated that the death of a loved one due to COVID-19 increased the levels of intolerance of uncertainty and decreased university students' hardiness.…”
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Decisional procrastination has been one of the main phenomena analysed in university students, together with self-efficacy, during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined the roles of academic self-efficacy and intolerance of uncertainty on decisional procrastination in 318 Italian university students. Furthermore, the mediating role of the intolerance of uncertainty on the relationships between academic self-efficacy and decisional procrastination was explored. The Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, the Decisional Procrastination Scale, and the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale were used. Results: Decisional procrastination was predicted by the components of academic self-efficacy and the intolerance of uncertainty (prospective and inhibitory intolerance). Furthermore, the mediating role of the prospective intolerance of uncertainty was confirmed in the relationship between self-efficacy (self-engagement and self-oriented decision-making) and decisional procrastination. Conclusions: This study adds new evidence to findings in the analysis of the role of the intolerance of uncertainty in mitigating the relationships between the self-efficacy of students in the academic context and their tendency to procrastinate in decision-making processes, which has been poorly investigated to date by scholars in this research field. Future research will deal with a specific situation of procrastinating behaviours, such as the completion of a master’s thesis or the respect for the deadline of an article’s submission.
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