Academic youth quality of life and personal safety in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The aim of the article was to present the results of research on the quality of life of students of the University of Rzeszów using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, which contains 26 questions and analyzes 4 basic domains of quality of life: physical, mental, social relations, functioning environment and global quality of life and self-assessment of health. The study was carried out in the following editions: in 2021 and 2022, on a total sample of over 1,600 first-year students. The survey in 2021 was carried out using the CAWI technique, in 2022 using the PAPI technique. Socio-demographic variables were used to analyze the factors differentiating the assessment of the quality of life of the inhabitants, in the form of gender, place of residence and a variable of a social factor – material situation. The obtained results indicate that gender does not differentiate the quality of life of students. The quality of life is influenced by the material situation and place of residence. It was also found that the Covid-19 pandemic had a negative impact on two areas of the quality of life of the respondents – physical and psychological.