Coping Strategies and COVID-19 Prevalence Among University Students Learning in the Online and Blended Mode
- Institution: University of Economics and Innovation, Lublin, Poland
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2779-5889
- Institution: University of Economics and Innovation, Lublin, Poland
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8683-1128
- Institution: Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Lviv, Ukraine
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5681-0307
- Year of publication: 2022
- Source: Show
- Pages: 223-234
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/tner.22.68.2.18
- PDF: tner/202202/tner6818.pdf
The study assessed whether students who contracted COVID-19 and did not fall ill differed in coping strategies. The study comprised 111 participants, including 55.9% who were infected and 44.1% who were not. It consisted of online (49.5%) and blended mode learners (50.5%) aged 19 to 31. We used the Brief COPE Inventory to assess ways of coping with stress. Among online students, 65.5% fell ill, while less than half of blended mode learners got sick. Students who contracted COVID-19 were more likely to use maladaptive coping strategies, and respondents who did not become ill were more likely to use adaptive strategies.
