Do círculo de amizades ao círculo virtual: como o distanciamento afetou jovens universitários durante a Pandemia

Abstract

This study seeks to understand the impacts on leisure habits of students at the Federal University of Delta do Parnaíba (UFDPar) during the Covid-19 pandemic, from March 2020 to September 2021. To carry out the research, a qualitative, documentary, bibliographical, descriptive study was used. The data collection instrument used was an online questionnaire through the Google Forms platform shared in the media, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram and via e-mail, with the assistance of the coordinators of the 12 courses linked to UFDPar. The analysis was carried out via

a comparative method with the study: Leisure in Times of Distance Social: Impacts of the Covid- 19 pandemic on the leisure activities of university students in city of Macapá (AP) Montenegro,

Queiroz and Dias (2020) and used the software of IraMutec data for

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creating the Word Cloud and the Similarity Analysis. The survey collected 145 responses demonstrated that most students suffered from the impacts, there was the withdrawal and inclusion of new habits, and that the 'virtualization of leisure' was incorporated into their day to day. The most correlated words in the answers that formulated the Word Cloud and the Similitude Analysis were: home, friend, leisure and activity. These words permeated the answers and demonstrated their relationship with the impacts on the leisure habits of university students.