Abstract
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected mental health worldwide, and especially among university students, who stopped attending lessons and had a long break from their social life. The present chapter presents the findings of a study aiming to investigate the relationship between distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and well-being dimensions (gratitude, life satisfaction, subjective happiness, positive and negative affect, depression, anxiety, stress) in this population. The sample consisted of 79 Greek university students, all emerging adults aged between 18 and 29 years. Participants completed self-report questionnaires including the satisfaction they experienced regarding distance learning, DASS-21, SHS, SWLS, GQ-6, and mDES. Overall, results showed that Greek university students experienced moderate levels of life satisfaction and positive affect and high levels of subjective happiness and gratitude, moderate stress levels, low anxiety and depression symptoms, and moderate negative affect levels. An important finding of the study is that there is an interaction between satisfaction with distance learning and all well-being indices, except subjective happiness. The findings provide suggestions for further research and applications in the field of education and counseling in emerging adulthood.
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Karakasidou, E., Raftopoulou, G., Papadimitriou, A., Pezirkianidis, C., Stalikas, A. (2022). Well-Being of Greek University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Leontopoulou, S., Delle Fave, A. (eds) Emerging Adulthood in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Crises: Individual and Relational Resources. Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22288-7_6
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