WELL-BEING AS A STRENGTH OF SPORTS SCIENCE STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Ivana M. Milovanović; Nebojša Maksimović; Radenko M. Matić; Brigita Banjac

doi:10.5114/hpc.2023.130497

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WELL-BEING AS A STRENGTH OF SPORTS SCIENCE STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Ivana M. Milovanović

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Nebojša Maksimović

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Radenko M. Matić

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,

Brigita Banjac

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Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Health Prob Civil. 2023; 17(3): 197-206

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/hpc.2023.130497

Online publish date: 2023/08/21

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Background
The COVID-19 pandemic worldwide challenged people’s mental health. As a tool, physical activity can maintain resilience and well-being. Within this research, we aimed to examine students’ well-being in the summer of 2022 and compare them from the perspective of their study programs.

Material and methods
This research was carried out in Slovenia and Serbia, with a sample of 700 students from two universities (Primorska and Novi Sad). To evaluate the students’ well-being, the PERMA-Profiler, a 15-item self-reported survey, was applied from May to July 2022. The SPSS was used for data analysis of the Mann-Whitney U test.

Results
The results revealed normal functioning for the total sample (M=7.47, SD±1.37). In addition, when the researchers were making a comparison between the study programs (sports and other sciences), different responses were found with significantly higher scores attained by the sports science students (M=7.72, SD±1.38) compared to the others (M=7.23, SD±1.31).

Conclusions
This research follows the previously published articles about understanding the social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sports science students were less sensitive to changes, and their mental strength demonstrates their successful coping mechanisms for these new circumstances over a more extended period.

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WELL-BEING AS A STRENGTH OF SPORTS SCIENCE STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Ivana M. Milovanović 1 , Nebojša Maksimović 1 , Radenko M. Matić 1 , Brigita Banjac 1

COVID-19, pandemic, mental health, students, well-being

Ivana M. Milovanović

¹

,

Nebojša Maksimović

¹

,

Radenko M. Matić

¹

,

Brigita Banjac

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