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Presentation Type
Presentation
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Craig Boylstein, Sociology
Major
Sociology
Presentation Abstract
COVID-19 is traumatic, overwhelming, and intensive. College students are amongst the millions of Americans impacted by the unprecedented challenges that this microscopic, 7.18 × 10−4% sized particle have caused. Many students were evacuated from college campuses, forced into online learning modalities, lost their jobs, and were expected to continue the same graduation path with such a large shift in personal life. Out of 98,000,000 Americans who tested positive in 2021, over 1.6 million were between the ages of 18 and 24. This research used a survey method analysis of CCU students that included loneliness and depression variables. A critical understanding of how many students who were once organically surrounded by their peers almost every day were inorganically quarantined into isolated environments is necessary within this research. Both social loneliness and emotional loneliness are indicators that our intimate relationships are either suffering because of one's social participation or, in this case, "situations in which the number of existing relationships is smaller than is considered desirable or admissible" (De Jong Gierveld 1987:120). During a time when there was much uncertainty, there were many traumatizing events and negative emotions individuals had to deal with alone. By Mid-April, 80% of college students across the country reported that COVID-19 negatively affected their mental health, with 20% reporting that their mental health had significantly worsened. This study examines the impact of COVID-19 loneliness in conjunction with the negative emotions dealt with while being disconnected from their typical peer groups.
Location
Room 2 (BRTH 112)
Start Date
12-4-2022 5:10 PM
End Date
12-4-2022 5:30 PM
Disciplines
Sociology
Recommended Citation
Williams, Tyler, "Effects of COVID-19 Isolation on College Students" (2022). Undergraduate Research Competition. 82.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2022/fullconference/82
Effects of COVID-19 Isolation on College Students
Room 2 (BRTH 112)
COVID-19 is traumatic, overwhelming, and intensive. College students are amongst the millions of Americans impacted by the unprecedented challenges that this microscopic, 7.18 × 10−4% sized particle have caused. Many students were evacuated from college campuses, forced into online learning modalities, lost their jobs, and were expected to continue the same graduation path with such a large shift in personal life. Out of 98,000,000 Americans who tested positive in 2021, over 1.6 million were between the ages of 18 and 24. This research used a survey method analysis of CCU students that included loneliness and depression variables. A critical understanding of how many students who were once organically surrounded by their peers almost every day were inorganically quarantined into isolated environments is necessary within this research. Both social loneliness and emotional loneliness are indicators that our intimate relationships are either suffering because of one's social participation or, in this case, "situations in which the number of existing relationships is smaller than is considered desirable or admissible" (De Jong Gierveld 1987:120). During a time when there was much uncertainty, there were many traumatizing events and negative emotions individuals had to deal with alone. By Mid-April, 80% of college students across the country reported that COVID-19 negatively affected their mental health, with 20% reporting that their mental health had significantly worsened. This study examines the impact of COVID-19 loneliness in conjunction with the negative emotions dealt with while being disconnected from their typical peer groups.