Mental health and Students of Generation Z at the Faculty of Social Work

V svojem diplomskem delu sem se osredotočila na duševno zdravje študentov na Fakulteti za socialno delo, ki so del generacije Z. Generacija Z je prva generacija, ki je odraščala v svetu, polnem inovativne sodobne tehnologije in raznih tehnoloških pripomočkov, ki so spremenili naše vsakdanje življenje ter s tem vplivali tudi na doživljanje in interpretacijo življenja okoli nas. V svoji diplomski nalogi sem raziskovala vprašanja, povezana z duševnim zdravjem omenjene generacije, uporabo informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologijezanimalo me je, kje študentje najdejo podporo in vire moči, ki jim pomagajo pri premagovanju duševnih stisk. Moja raziskava je kvantitativna, eksplorativna in empirična. Rezultati so pokazali, da se študentje, vključeni v raziskavo, v veliki meri lahko poistovetijo s karakteristikami, ki so značilne za generacijo Z, da so pri doživljanjih duševnih stisk iskali pomoč pri različnih strokovnih delavcih in delavkah ter da podporo oziroma vire moči v največji meri najdejo pri prijateljih, v družini in v naravi. Največ anketiranih oseb se je soočalo oziroma se sooča s tesnobo. Velika večina meni, da bi se morali na Fakulteti za socialno delo v sklopu zastavljenega predmetnika več pogovarjati o duševnih stiskah in njihovem soočanju.In my dissertation, I focused on the mental health of students at the Faculty of Social Work who are part of Generation Z. Generation Z is the first generation to grow up in a world full of innovative modern technology and various technological gadgets that have changed our daily lives and thereby also influencing the experience and interpretation of life around us. In my dissertation, I researched issues related to the mental health of this generation, the use of information technology and where students find support and sources of strength to help them overcome mental distress. My research is quantitative, exploratory, and empirical. The results showed that students can largely identify with the characteristics of this generation, that they sought help from various professionals in experiencing mental distress and that they find their sources of strength in their friends, family and in the nature. Most of the interviewed persons have faced or are facing anxiety and the vast majority believe that mental distress and their confrontation at the Faculty of Social Work should be discussed more in the set curriculum