Perception about leisure and free time and how it has affected university students

• Autor(a) principal: Oscar Lorenzo-Sánchez
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: María Cruz Sánchez-Gómez, María Victoria Martín-Cilleros, Rocío Martín-Sevillano, Juan Luis Cabanillas-García, Sonia Verdugo-Castro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.12.2022.e625
• topic: Investigación cualitativa; Tiempo libre; Ocio; COVID-19; Análisis de contenido

This research is based on the Teaching Innovation and Improvement Project 2021/2022 aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on health, well-being and quality education, comprehensively addressing the challenges of sustainable educational systems. The appearance of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has increased concern for the physical and mental health of the young and university population, producing serious negative consequences due to the decrease in physical activity and the psychological repercussion caused by social isolation. The research objective has been: "Analyze leisure and free time activities based on healthy life indicators developed in University of Salamanca to develop a healthy leisure guide". The research design has been based on content analysis, creating a table of categories and an open response questionnaire for data collection. Among the main results, it can be highlighted that for university students, leisure and free time is synonymous with fun, health and mental balance and time to pursue their hobbies. Among the main reasons for not enjoying their free time and leisure, the lack of time and the academic load stand out. Among the places near their place of residence, where they can carry out leisure and free time activities, parks and gardens, sports venues and bars stand out. The students highlight that the pandemic has caused their social relationships to be considerably reduced and that they value and enjoy more things and activities that they did not previously take into account. The use of a qualitative methodology for this type of work has helped to understand the reasons for the poor quality in the use of their leisure time, in an exhaustive and close way.