FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES STUDENT'S ATTITUDES AND REFLECTIONS ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Zahvaljujući COVID-19 pandemiji, koja se od prosinca 2019. iz Kine vrlo brzo proširila diljem svijeta, život kakav smo poznavali otišao je u sjećanje. Od tada se život počeo dijeliti na razdoblje prije koronavirusa i „novo normalno“ razdoblje, odnosno razdoblje pandemije. Koronavirus je zbog lakog i brzog prijenosa razvio brojne mutacije od kojih je obolijevao veliki broj ljudi, a na žalost, neki slučajevi su završili i smrtnim ishodom. Alarmantna situacija u svijetu zahtijevala je od država udruživanje zajedničkih snaga u svrhu pronalaska cjepiva protiv ove zaraze. Tako se krajem 2020. godine počelo primjenjivati cjepivo protiv COVID-19 bolesti, koje se našlo na udaru kritika teoretičara zavjere. Na uzorku od 406 studenata Filozofskoga fakulteta u Splitu provedeno je istraživanje kojim je utvrđeno kako ne postoji statistički značajna razlika u promišljanju o pandemiji COVID19 bolesti između cijepljenih i necijepljenih studenata. Također nije utvrđena statistički značajna razlika u povjerenju u Nacionalni stožer civilne zaštite između studenata Učiteljskoga studija i studija Predškolskoga odgoja i obrazovanja, što više studenti obje studijske grupe nisu iskazali povjerenje u NSCZ. Rezultati pokazuju kako studenti ne vjeruju u teorije zavjere, a između nastave na daljinu i tradicionalne nastave odlučuju se za nastavu u učionici i socijalni kontakt. Prema rezultatima istraživanja, COVID-19 pandemija nije utjecala na živote studenata, odnosno pandemija im nije promijenila živote na gore. Iako je utvrđeno kako naši studenti ne vjeruju u teorije zavjere, uočen je njihov veliki utjecaj pa mnogi studenti nisu imali jasno definiran stav po pitanju istinitosti različitih teorija zavjere. Stoga je važno svaku informaciju kritički preispitati kako bi se utvrdila njezina vjerodostojnost. Samo cijepljenjem, odgovornim ponašanjem i pouzdanjem u znanost možemo pobijediti pandemiju i ponovno početi živjeti normalno, kao što smo živjeli prije COVID-19 pandemije bez straha, neizvjesnosti i ograničenjaThanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in China in December 2019. and spread very quickly around the world, life as we knew it has faded into memory. Since then, life begin to be divides into the pre-coronavirus period and the „new normal“ period, i.e. the pandemic period. Due to its easy and fast transmission, the coronavirus has developed numerous mutations that have infected a large number of people, and unfortunately, some cases have ended in death. This alarming situation in the world required from countries to join forces in order to find a vaccine against this infection. Thus, at the end of 2020., the vaccine against CPOVID-19 disease began to be used, which was criticized by conspiracy theorists. A survey was conducted on a sample of 406 students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science sin Split, which determined that there is no statistically significant difference in reflections about the CVD-19 disease between vaccinated and unvaccinated students. Also, there is no statistically significant difference in trust in the National Headquarters of Civil Protection (NHCP) between Teaching students and Preschool Education students which is why students of both study groups did not express trust in NHCP. The results show that students do not believe in conspiracy theories and between online classes and traditional teaching they opt for classroom teaching and social contact. According to the results of the research, the COVID-19 pandemic did not affect on the lives of students; the pandemic did not change their lives for the worse. Although it was determined that our students do not believe in conspiracy theories, their great influence was observed, so many students did not have a clearly defined position on the truth of various conspiracy theories. Therefore, it is important to critically review any information in order to determine its credibility. Only by vaccination, responsible behaviour and trust in science, we can defeat the pandemic and start living normally, as we used before COVID-19 pandemic without fear, uncertainty and restrictions