Hopes and Fears of First-Year Freshman College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Andrade, Cláudia; Fernandes, Joana L.
Titel	Hopes and Fears of First-Year Freshman College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 12 (2022), Artikel 53 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Andrade, Cláudia) ORCID (Fernandes, Joana L.)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Student Attitudes; Fear; COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Online Courses; Emotional Response; Foreign Countries; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Schülerverhalten; Furcht; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Online course; Online-Kurs; Emotionales Verhalten; Ausland
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic made the experience of being a first-year freshman college student unique. This study aims to analyze the hopes and fears of these students concerning their current life and future goals. Participating students completed the Hopes & Fears questionnaire. Results showed that students' hopes and fears were mainly connected with domains of education and the global/collective dimension, followed by personal and family members' health. Two new categories emerged, self-fulfillment and solidarity, reflecting the importance of the contextual dimension that these students were navigating. The findings of the current study contribute to the research of college students' hopes and fears towards their future and accounts for the analyses of this topic as we progress to a post-pandemic phase. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01