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The Covid-19 pandemic process has led to many changes and uncertainties in people's lives. Schools have been one of the institutions affected by this change and uncertainty. Situations such as schools being closed for a certain period and the distance education process have led to an effort to adapt for most students. High school age corresponds to adolescence as a life period. Considering both the characteristics of the adolescence period and the pandemic process, it can be thought that young people at this age may exhibit different behaviors. Accordingly, the research aims to evaluate the effect of the pandemic process on the problem behaviors of high school students. In this direction, focus group interviews were conducted with 12 psychological counselors/guidance teachers working in state high schools before and during the pandemic in the city center of Sivas and the effect of the pandemic process on problem behaviors seen in schools was evaluated. The data obtained from the participants were transformed into findings using the content analysis method. As a result of the content analysis, six main themes were determined. These themes are difficulties in adapting, school refusal, aggression, use of uncontrolled social media and technology, decrease in psychological resilience and suggestions for coping with problem behaviors. Finally, the findings were discussed and suggestions were presented.

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