Equilíbrio entre formação profissional, trabalho e vida pessoal dos estudantes da Universidade Federal do Ceará durante a pandemia de COVID-19.

Abstract

The university student already in the job market faces situations that cause stress during his academic journey and, simultaneously, is subjected to pressures at work, generated by competitiveness in the search for results, causing even more stress in it. The context of the health crisis arising with the Covid-19 pandemic required a high level of resilience and adaptability of this student in order to maintain the balance between work, professional training and personal life. Thus, the general objective of this study was: to understand the challenges of university students to reconcile professional training, work and personal life during the Covid-19 pandemic. The methodology used is characterized by being qualitative, bibliographical and field. The data collection technique was a structured questionnaire with eighteen university volunteers from the business administration course of this educational institution, selected by the type of non-probabilistic convenience sampling. The data processing and analysis methodology used was content analysis. The main results obtained indicate that due to the pandemic, during the adaptation to changes at work, studies and family life, working hours were extended, with no time limit for beginning and end, there was also the emergence and worsening of pre-existing diseases resulting from the stress accumulated by students. This stress caused a drop in academic performance, emotional instability, loss of motivation, anemia, anxiety and depression. The measures adopted by the students in search of balance in the three areas analyzed were the search for therapy, establishment of an agenda with defined times for each activity and search for new hobbies. Thus, that health care and the constant search to resignify the routines altered by external factors were essential for maintaining balance. Thus, this study contributed that despite the abrupt changes and sequelae present in this process, the university student has shown his ability to adapt to the circumstances imposed by the environment in which he is inserted.