Social precticies in the Covid-19 pandemic among polish and ukrainian youth

The report presents the results of research into Polish and Ukrainian students staying at home during the lockdown. The main research goal was an attempt to answer the question how the students cope with the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. The question whether there are any differences between Polish and Ukrainian students in terms of their attitudes towards the pandemic, their mental well-being, their reactions to the threat, the use of the Internet during the quarantine, forms of spending their free time as well as their evaluation of distance learning and its impact on their life and educational chances.
The research in both countries was conducted with the use of an on-line questionnaire. The research in Poland was conducted on the sample of 1768 respondents, whereas in Ukraine, 2291 respondents participated in the study. The results of the research indicate that the students are interested in the issues related to the pandemic and follow its course. The level of anxiety connected with contracting the coronavirus is low. The students have a good mental well-being and prefer active strategies for combating the threat. They spend most of their time in the Internet. They use it mostly for distance learning, communication with their peers and entertainment. While off-line, the students most often listen to music, do sports and walk around their neighbourhoods. A minor part of the respondents are involved in helping elderly people. They evaluate distance learning negatively and are convinced that the quarantine will fail to influence their life chances significantly.