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ArticleApplied research in quality of life2022

Social Contact, Academic Satisfaction, COVID-19 Knowledge, and Subjective Well-being Among Students at Turkish Universities: a Nine-University Sample.

Gülsen Erden, Asil Ali Özdoğru, Sami Çoksan, Hale Ögel-Balaban, Yakup Azak, İlkiz Altınoğlu-Dikmeer, Aysun Ergül-Topçu, Yeşim Yasak, Gözde Kıral-Uçar, Seda Oktay and 5 more

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Article in Applied research in quality of life, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The COVID-19 pandemic and adolescents' and young adults' experiences at school: A systematic narrative review.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Gülsen ErdenDepartment of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7596-9479
Asil Ali ÖzdoğruDepartment of Psychology, Üsküdar University, İstanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4273-9394
Sami ÇoksanDepartment of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-2942-1506
Hale Ögel-BalabanDepartment of Psychology, Bahçeşehir University, İstanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3554-5989
Yakup AzakDepartment of Psychology, Istanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2720-7744
İlkiz Altınoğlu-DikmeerDepartment of Psychology, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9511-3478
Aysun Ergül-TopçuDepartment of Psychology, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2657-5983
Yeşim YasakDepartment of Psychology, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5965-244X
Gözde Kıral-UçarDepartment of Psychology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5888-1101
Seda OktayDepartment of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6829-6181
Pelin Karaca-DinçDepartment of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2434-6703
Ezgi Didem Merdan-YıldızDepartment of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2383-0352
Selen EltanDepartment of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-6666
Güler Beril KumpasoğluDepartment of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0505-1582
Gülsen BaytemirDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Maltepe University, İstanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1143-0730
Ankara University · TRÇankırı Karatekin University · TRMiddle East Technical University · TRBahçeşehir University · TRÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi · TRIstanbul University · TRMaltepe University · TRÜsküdar University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adverse effects of COVID-19 are seen not only on the physical health of infected individuals but also on their subjective well-being. Sudden changes in social lives, lockdowns, and shifts towards online education have had a negative impact on many people, especially university students. As part of an international study, the current study focused on the well-being of students at Turkish universities in relation to social contact, academic satisfaction, and COVID-19 knowledge. A total of 7363 students from nine universities (86.6% from state universities, 71.04% female, and 73.52% at bachelor's level) participated in an online survey. Results revealed that females had lower levels of subjective well-being and academic satisfaction. According to a mediation model in the study, the relationship between social contact and well-being was mediated by academic satisfaction and COVID-19 knowledge. Our findings can guide future researchers, mental health professionals, universities, and policymakers to understand and improve subjective well-being of university students.

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Academic satisfactionCOVID-19Social contactSubjective well-beingUniversity students

Identifiers

PMID34873423
PMCPMC8637505
OpenAlexW4200171848

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