Abstract
This cross-sectional study investigated the subjective well-being (SWB) of undergraduate and graduate students at the University of São Paulo (USP) in times of the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic. Data of 634 individuals were collected through an online questionnaire self-answered by from June to September 2020. They sample answered questions of sociodemographic profile and of the SWB Scale. This measure consists of 62 items arranged on a Likert-type scale ranging from 01 to 05, covering three factors: positive affects (factor I), negative affects (factor II) and satisfaction with life (factor III). Of the sample, 65% (n = 412) are female and 34.2% (217) are male, with 53.3% (n = 338) white, 44.7% (n = 201) Black, 14.2% (n = 90) Asian and 0.8% (n = 05) indigenous. Based on the descriptive analysis, it was found that the sample had a low level of SWB (2.37). When relating gender and race, it is noted that Asian men (3.37) had the highest levels of well-being, then white men (2.91) and Black men (2.46); next, Asian women (2.31), white women (2.27) and Black women (1.89). The study’s results show that there is no significant impact of the sex and race interaction (p = 0.728) on the students’ SWB (ANOVA). With the isolated variables, in terms of race, it was no significant (p = 0.108); however, in terms of gender, it was significant (p = 0.001). Men (2.78) had the highest rates in relation to women (2.16).
Presenters
Carlos Vinicius Gomes MeloPostdoctoral Researcher, Social Psychology, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil Bruna Lanzoni Muñoz
Masters student, Psychology institute, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Alessandro De Oliveira Santos
Professor, Social Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Public Health Policies and Practices
KEYWORDS
Well-Being, Race Relations, Sexism, College Students, Psychology
