Koronavirüs Salgın Sürecinde Uluslarası Üniversite Öğrencilerine Yönelik Pozitif Psikoloji Temelli Çevrimiçi Müdahale Programının Etkinliği

Yıl 2021, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1, 50 - 64, 30.06.2021

Burcu Uysal , Seyhan Özkul , Ebru Morgül Senem Eren

Öz

Koronavirüs salgını sürecinin genel olarak toplum ve özel olarak uluslararası öğrenciler üzerindeki psikososyal etkileriyle baş etmek için destek sağlayabilecek müdahale programlarına ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Bu ihtiyacı karşılamak amacıyla Pozitif Psikoloji kavramlarını ve Pozitif Psikoloji Müdahaleleri (PPM)’ini temel alan 6 oturumluk bir müdahale programı geliştirilmiştir. Bu müdahale programının etkinliğini ölçmek için katılımcılardan stres, depresyon, anksiyete, Covid-19 korkusu, mental iyi oluş ve psikolojik dayanıklılık puanlarına dair veriler toplanmıştır. Çalışmaya katılmak için başvuran 34 katılımcıdan ön test ile elde edilen nicel veriler arasındaki ilişkiyi gösteren Pearson korelasyon katsayıları hesaplanmıştır. Müdahale programı 11 kişiyle başlamış ve 6 katılımcı ile tamamlanmıştır. 6 katılımcıdan ise hem ön test hem de son test verileri elde edilmiş ve Wilcoxon işaretli sıralar testi ile müdahale programının etkinliği incelenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları psikolojik dayanıklılık ve Covid-19 korkusu arasında anlamlı bir olumlu ilişki olduğunu ve uygulanan müdahale programının depresyon düzeyini azaltmakta başarılı olduğunu göstermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Covid-19, uluslararası öğrenci, pozitif psikoloji, müdahale programı

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