Özet:

The rapid spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic has become a global threat. In this context, this study aimed to determine the university students' opinions about the COVID-19 global outbreak. The research was conducted on 344 university students from different universities in Turkey for the 2019-2020 academic year’s spring term. Within the scope of the research, literature, researches, and current publications on COVID-19 were examined. The scanning model was used because it aimed to describe the current situation as it is. In the study, the Questionnaire for Determining the Opinions of University Students on the COVID-19 Global Outbreak prepared by the researchers was used to collect data. Such research was needed due to the lack of sufficient research on university students' views on the COVID-19 global pandemic. As a result of the research, it was determined that university students have positive opinions as well as negative views about the COVID-19 global pandemic. 214 of the university students (62,2%) stated that they were worried about the epidemic, 277 (80,8%) were upset when they thought of COVID-19, and 287 (83.4%) stated that they found COVID-19 fatal. As a result of the research, approximately 92% of university students stated that they were affected by COVID-19. On the other hand, 12 (3,5%) of the participants stated that they were confident in the protection from COVID-19 and 332 (96,5%) were not confident. 16 of the participants (4.7%) stated that they were not psychologically affected by COVID-19, while 328 (95,3%) were psychologically affected. Of the university students, 158 (46,3%) were psychological, 140 (41,1%) sociologically, 28 (8,2%) economically and 18 (4,4%) They stated that they were affected by the direction. In this study, looking at the impact of COVID-19 on the family relationships of university students, 93 (27,2%) of the participants stated that it was negatively affected, 112 (32,7%) did not affect it, and 137 (40,1%) positively affected. Due to the strong family ties in Turkish culture, the negative impact is considered to be low As a result of this research, university students also stated that although they were negatively affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic, they also had positive aspects such as the development of family relationships.

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