Open AccessImpact of higher music education on coping with stress during COVID-19
Author(s) -
Oleksii Nalyvaiko,
Kseniia Lykhoshvai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ìnženernì ta osvìtnì tehnologìï v elektrotehnìčnih ì komp'ûternih sistemah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2307-9770
DOI - 10.30929/2307-9770.2021.09.03.05
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , psychology , covid-19 , music education , medical education , context (archaeology) , musical , stress (linguistics) , pandemic , applied psychology , pedagogy , medicine , clinical psychology , visual arts , paleontology , art , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
The article is dedicated to the study if students with special musical education have any benefits of stress coping over students of other specialties during the pandemic. The main purpose is to study the attitude of student musicians to overcome stressful situations caused by COVID-19 in the learning process. Research objectives include: current state of music education in the context of forced quarantine distance learning; the impact of forced quarantine distance learning on stress among students of music and non-music specialties; the analysis of stress coping skills and the impact of music education on them; recommendations for improving the psychological and pedagogical interaction of the participants in the educational process. The study involved 160 respondents, 80 of them are music students and 80 students of other specialties that do not belong to the study of musical art. To collect information and data, the study participants were asked to fill out a Google form. The results of the study show that online learning is very time-consuming and that losing a satisfactory work-life balance is stressful. But students became more organized in managing their activities. Internet platforms have proven useful for sharing materials, communicating, sharing information and content, and keeping track of all work done. Thus, there is a tendency towards easier tolerance of stress by musicians, although our study showed that with a slight margin of 80.6%, people without musical education consider themselves happier by 82%. This is also confirmed by the fact that non-musicians are more optimistic about their future according to the results obtained on the Beck's Hopelessness Scale, where 2 units are for musicians and 1 for non-musicians. These results indicate that hopelessness has not been identified and students are optimistic about their future. In the context of stress coping recommendations for students are provided. In conclusion, based on the information gained and own experience there is a variety of ways to obtain benefits from both online and offline learning forms for both musicians and non-musicians.