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- Undergraduate Social Education Student’s Perspectives about the ProfessionPublication . Ribeiro, Esperança Jales; Felizardo, Sara; Martins, Emília; Fernandes, Rosina; Amante, Maria João; Cordeiro, LeandraHigher education institutions, responsible for training social educators, should ensure the construction of a profile marked by their technical versatility and whose socio-educational intervention is directed at all people, regardless of their situations in life. Reflection on the construction of this profile is fundamental given the difficulties of identity that the profession faces. In this context, we sought to develop a study which would allow us to identify how the students of a degree course in Social Education characterise this professional, in order to reflect on the contribution of training provided by the institution concerned and, if necessary, make the adjustments arising from the results. This is a qualitative, exploratory study, using an unstructured questionnaire applied to a convenience sample of 140 Portuguese students of the three years of a degree course in Social Education. Its emerging categorical content analysis was performed using the NVivo software, version 11. The main results point to a broad vision of the profession and are not limited to the work geared to specific populations or issues, valuing the relevance of the professional in the field of non-assistance socio-educational intervention. The main area of overlap between training objectives and students’ perceptions about practice allows the impact of training to be positively assessed, despite possible curricular adjustments resulting from further analysis, including the need to reinforce community intervention, undervalued by students, even though it plays a key role for social educators.
- Pandemia COVID-19 e Qualidade de Vida: Perceções de Estudantes de Ensino Superior PortuguesesPublication . Xavier, Paula; Amante, Maria João; Araújo, Lia; Fonseca, Susana; Magalhães, Cátia; Silva, Carla; Cordeiro, Leandra; Magalhães, Cátia; Amante, Maria João; Xavier, P.; Fonseca, SusanaDurante o primeiro confinamento geral (março de 2020), uma equipa de psicólogo/as e docentes do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV) dinamizou, através da rede social Facebook, um espaço informal de partilha e discussão de informação e estratégias de superação do isolamento social dirigido a toda a comunidade académica. No seu seguimento foi desenvolvido um projeto de investigação com vista a compreender o impacto psicossocial da pandemia COVID-19 no grupo dos estudantes. Neste artigo são apresentados dados parciais desse projeto de investigação. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo e transversal com uma amostra de conveniência constituída por 567 estudantes onde foi utilizado um questionário construído para o projeto de acordo com os objetivos, e preenchido online, na altura do segundo confinamento geral. Os participantes identificaram como alterações na sua vida associadas à pandemia, maioritariamente, aquelas experienciadas nas Rotinas Familiares (64,2%), Relações Pessoais (62%) e no Desempenho Académico (57,3%). A análise de conteúdo dos motivos subjacentes às alterações identificadas aponta, predominantemente, para a perceção de impacto no funcionamento socio-ocupacional (53,8%), evidenciando-se as Alterações na Gestão de Vida (52,2%) e na Vida Académica (36,5%), e no funcionamento pessoal e relações (46,2%), sobretudo nas Relações Sociais (26,2%) e Relações com a Família (23,6%). A leitura integrada das experiências dos estudantes sugere que os impactos se fizeram sentir em diferentes domínios da Qualidade de Vida. Em complemento às medidas de segurança sanitária, as Instituições de Ensino Superior devem desenvolver/reforçar práticas e recursos facilitadores da criação de contextos protetores face aos riscos associados à situação pandémica.
- Saúde mental em estudantes do ensino superior politécnico na pandemia COVID-19Publication . Araújo, Lia; Fonseca, Susana; Amante, Maria João; Xavier, Paula; Silva, Carla; Cordeiro, Leandra; Magalhães, CátiaBackground: The pandemic significantly changed social and academic routines of higher education students. Objective: Identify the mental health levels of higher education students and the associated factors. Methods: Cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of 567 students (mean age 23.92, ± 8.36; 63.8% female), that answered an online survey at the beginning of the second lockdown, which in- cluded the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), sociodemographic and academic aspects, and main changes that occurred during the pandemic. Results: The mean score of the GHQ was 29.18 (±12.99) and the lowest and highest scores were obtained in severe depression (3.55±4.46) and social dysfunction (11.44±3.81). 60.5% indicated risk for mental problems. Participants identifying changes at labor level had better mental health. The ones identifying changes at familiar routines had higher depressive symptomatology and changes in familiar relationships had higher anxiety symptomatology and insomnia. Conclusion: It is urgent to consider the mental health of students, promoting strategies to minimize the impact of the pandemic, namely in social dysfunction.