Інтенції українських і польських студентів в умовах карантинних заходів у період пандемії covid-19: соціологічний вимір

Abstract

The aim of the scientific article is to clarify the intentions of Ukrainian students during quarantine measures to counter the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and compare them with the intentions of Polish students, as well as to identify ways to prevent destructive attitudes of young people in crisis epidemiological situations. The research uses the author’s methodology of the Polish sociologist Professor P. Dlugosz, which was implemented for the survey of students of the University of Krakow, and its adapted version – for the survey of Ukrainian students of 28 institutions of higher education in Ukraine (25.03.2020-06.04.2020). To solve the goals of scientific work, the concept of «intentions» was clarified; their basic indicators are substantiated and verified in the sociological dimension of the current level and nature of intentions of Ukrainian and Polish students in the critical situation of strict quarantine to counter the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper presents the results of a survey of Ukrainian students compared to Polish students; it was found that the intentions of Ukrainian and Polish students are almost identical and are constructive and optimistic in most of them; proved that they are manifested through a subjective assessment of their understanding of the critical situation, the need for systematic updating of information on the state of the spread of coronavirus and counteracting it, the ability to self-reflect and rely on their own in the face of a pandemic, motivation not to succumb to pessimism and seek maintaining well-being during the quarantine period. However, it was found that a third of Ukrainian and 40 % of Polish students doubt their strength and ability to cope with the effects of the pandemic and seek help from loved ones or higher powers (God), and every tenth respondent feels panic about the existing pandemic threats. The paper outlines effective ways of forming constructive intentions in students and youth and promising areas of further sociological research on this issue. The article is empirical.