Impact of COVID-19 on the Motivation and Personal Engagement of Students at the University of Split : Masters Thesis

Kod istraživanja motivacije i zadovoljstva, do izražaja dolaze kvalitativna obilježja kao što su: radna energija; usmjerenost ka cilju; interes; samopoimanje. Djelovanjem okoline, mijenjaju se silnice kolektivne motivacije, pa tako i individualno samopoimanje i samoprocjenjivanje. Cilj ovog rada je bio utvrditi utjecaj pandemije COVID-19 na motivaciju i osobnu angažiranost studenata na splitskom Sveučilištu te utvrditi promjene u motivaciji i osobne angažiranosti studenata pod utjecajem pandemije COVID-19. Dobiveni rezultati potvrđuju da studenti i studentice s višim stupnjem subjektivno percipiranog zadovoljstva osobnim psiho-fizičkim stanjem/zdravljem ujedno iskazuju viši stupanj motivacije i aktivnosti tijekom i nakon trajanja mjera za sprječavanje širenja zaraze virusom COVID-19. Smjernica za buduća istraživanja motivacije i osobne angažiranosti mogla bi biti u dijelu uvažavanja psihofizičkih (rodnih) različitosti muške i ženske populacije i za potrebe budućih (možebitnih) istraživanja utvrditi metrijske karakteristike upitnika koji uvažavaju rodnu različitost i snimaju pojavu različitim skalama, koje bi bile usporedive uz kalibraciju.When researching motivation and satisfaction, qualitative features come to the fore, such as: work energy; goal orientation; interest; self-concept. Due to the influence of the environment, the values of collective motivation change, as well as individual self-concept and self-evaluation. The aim of this work was to determine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the motivation and personal engagement of students at the University of Split and to determine changes in the motivation and personal engagement of students under the influence of pandemic COVID-19. The obtained results confirm that male and female students with a higher degree of subjectively perceived satisfaction with their personal psycho-physical condition/health also show a higher degree of motivation and activity during and after the duration of the measures to prevent the spread of infection with the COVID-19 virus. A guideline for future research on motivation and personal engagement could be in the part of respecting the psychophysical (gender) differences of the male and female population, and for the purposes of future (possible) research, determine the metric characteristics of questionnaires that respect gender diversity and record the phenomenon with different scales, which would be comparable with calibration