HOME CONFINEMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE NEW CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Quality of Life. Students. Psychology course. Pandemic. Social isolation.
COVID-19 is a contagious disease, of immeasurable proportions, caused by SARS-CoV-2 (new coronavirus). Due to this scenario, we are facing a great challenge, for which we still don't have all the answers. This study aimed to identify the influence of the pandemic on quality of life and its relationship with the permanence of students enrolled in the Psychology course at campus AC Simões, Federal University of Alagoas. This is a quantitative research, obtained with the application of the Likert-type scale instrument added by a situational and sociodemographic inventory and the assessment of quality of life through the WHOQOL-bref tool. Based on the research results, it was possible to reflect and dialogue about care practices and new procedures for the functioning of classes, learning and administrative components, adopting virtuality to replace face-to-face care. The results suggest that the pandemic situation can be considered a determinant that affects different dimensions of students' lives and, in view of such changes, digital transformations will come to play a leading role in life inside and outside universities.