Abstract:

After the pandemic caused by Covid-19, many countries stopped face-to-face education activities and started the distance education process. Accordingly, university students left the provinces where their schools were located and returned to their families. An individual who steps into university life may have different academic, social, and psychological expectations such as specializing in the professional field, acquiring a new social environment, and freedom of individual life. It can be thought that students may have been affected psychosocially as a result of the changing education and living conditions consequence of distance education. Therefore, this study, it was aimed to examine the psychosocial status of students who went to another city to get a university education but had to return to their families' homes due to the pandemic. A total of 23 students from the Faculty of Sport Sciences; 13 female and 10 male, between the ages of 18-24, who had to return to their families' homes due to the pandemic participated in this study, in which the qualitative research method was applied. Personal information form and semi-structured interview form prepared by the researchers were used to collect data. Content analysis was performed to analyze the data. As a result, it was observed that university students who had to return to their families had a decrease in their sense of belonging. They felt anxious and stressed as a result of academic, economic, and family matters, thus their motivation in life declined. In addition, it was found that they could not realize their goals and dreams regarding their social life. That is to say; they broke away from social life, got disappointed with campus life because of not experiencing it thoroughly, and lacked participation in various activities.

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