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Title

Research Note--Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Educational Experiences: Perspectives of Undergraduate Social Work Students.

Authors

Deedat, Hadih A.; Nguema, Susan R. Wysor; Radis, Brie E.; Keeler, Colleen

Abstract

Disruptions caused by the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) during the spring 2020 semester has magnified the need to understand student experiences during pandemics, especially as research on social work students' experiences during pandemics is limited. Forty-two undergraduate social work students at a large public state university in Pennsylvania participated in this quantitative research study. Academics, work/life balance, and financial burden emerged as top stressors. Friends, family, pets, professors and academic staff, and faith and spirituality were the main sources of support for students. With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, the findings of this study offer pertinent lessons for baccalaureate social work professors, students, and programs on pandemicrelated stress, stress responses, and support systems that have not been explored in previous studies.

Subjects

PENNSYLVANIA; SOCIAL workers; PETS; OCCUPATIONAL roles; UNDERGRADUATES; UNIVERSITIES & colleges; WORK-life balance; EDUCATORS; UNDERGRADUATE programs; SOCIAL work education; QUANTITATIVE research; STUDENTS; EXPERIENCE; ACADEMIC achievement; FINANCIAL management; SPIRITUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; SOCIAL support; FAMILY support; COVID-19 pandemic; FRIENDSHIP

Publication

Journal of Social Work Education, 2023, Vol 59, Issue 4, p1241

ISSN

1043-7797

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1080/10437797.2022.2045236