A Closer Look at Students' School Climate Perception: A Case Study of Urban and Rural Ukraine during COVID-19

Authors

  • Maryna Klimanska Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, vul. Universytetska 1, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3047-2346
  • Svitlana Shchudlo Department of Law, Sociology and Political Science, Faculty of History, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, vul. I. Franko 24, 82100 Drohobych, Ukraine
  • Iryna Mirchuk Department of Philosophy, Faculty of History, Pedagogy and Psychology, Sociology and Political Science named after Professor Valerii Skotnyi, Drogobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, vul. I. Franko 24, 82100 Drohobych, Ukraine
  • Oksana Zelena Department of Philosophy, Faculty of History, Pedagogy and Psychology, Sociology and Political Science named after Professor Valerii Skotnyi, Drogobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, vul. I. Franko 24, 82100 Drohobych, Ukraine
  • Inna Haletska Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, vul. Universytetska 1, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine
  • Larysa Klymanska Department of Sociology and Social Work, Lviv Polytechnic National University, vul. Konovaltsia 4 Lviv, 79013, Ukraine
  • Halyna Herasym Department of Sociology and Social Work, Lviv Polytechnic National University, vul. Konovaltsia 4 Lviv, 79013, Ukraine
  • Viktor Savka Department of Sociology and Social Work, Lviv Polytechnic National University, vul. Konovaltsia 4 Lviv, 79013, Ukraine
  • Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Institute of Mother and Child, ul. Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211 Warszawa, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2024.2.705.721

Keywords:

schools, adolescents, school climate, COVID-19, online learning, social inequalities

Abstract

Aim. This study analyses the impact of adaptive quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic on the perception of school’s social climate by students in more or less urbanised areas.

Methods. The data was collected in 2016 (before the pandemic, n=1801) and in 2020 (during the pandemic, n=2038) among randomly selected 9th-grade classes (mean age=14) in a large city (Lviv), a small town (Drohobych), and rural areas (Drohobych raion). Generalised linear regression mixed modelling was applied to assess the impact of gender, location, year of the survey, and for the 2020 - for the quality of coping with the pandemic situation – and the interactive effect of these factors on the variability of school climate perception.

Results. Before the pandemic, the acceptability of school climate was the highest in rural areas and the lowest in the city. During the pandemic, it decreased among students from rural areas and increased in towns. Students who perceived COVID-19 pandemic restrictions as more burdensome evaluated their school climate more positively than students who coped well with the pandemic.

Conclusion. The impact of the tense pandemic situation on the attitude of adolescents to school was complex and probably reflected the inequality in the education system in urban and rural areas. 

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Author Biographies

  • Maryna Klimanska, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, vul. Universytetska 1, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine

    Ph.D. (psychology), Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine). Scientific interests are focused on social psychology, environmental psychology, psychodiagnostics.

  • Svitlana Shchudlo, Department of Law, Sociology and Political Science, Faculty of History, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, vul. I. Franko 24, 82100 Drohobych, Ukraine

    Doctor of Sociology (D.Sc), Professor of the Department of Law, Sociology and Political Science, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University (Ukraine), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine, President of the Ukrainian Association of Education Researchers. Research interests: Sociology of education, sociology of youth, youth risk behaviour.

    †Professor Svitlana Shchudlo passed away on 27th September 2022

  • Iryna Mirchuk, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of History, Pedagogy and Psychology, Sociology and Political Science named after Professor Valerii Skotnyi, Drogobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, vul. I. Franko 24, 82100 Drohobych, Ukraine

    PhD (philosophy), Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, and Political Science named after Professor Valeriy Skotny, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Research interests: sociology of youth, problems of youth risk behaviour and the philosophy of education.

  • Oksana Zelena, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of History, Pedagogy and Psychology, Sociology and Political Science named after Professor Valerii Skotnyi, Drogobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, vul. I. Franko 24, 82100 Drohobych, Ukraine

    PhD (political science), Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, and Political Science named after Professor Valeriy Skotny, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Research interests: history of political thought in Ukraine, civic education, sociology of youth, problems of youth risk behaviour.

  • Inna Haletska, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, vul. Universytetska 1, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine

    Ph.D. (psychology), Professor of the Department of Psychology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine). Scientific interests are focused on health psychology, social psychology, psychodiagnostics.

  • Larysa Klymanska, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Lviv Polytechnic National University, vul. Konovaltsia 4 Lviv, 79013, Ukraine

    Doctor of Political Science (D.Sc), Professor of the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine). Author of more than 200 scientific publications, including articles, books, chapters. Research interests: political communication, social problems, qualitative research in the social sciences.

  • Halyna Herasym, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Lviv Polytechnic National University, vul. Konovaltsia 4 Lviv, 79013, Ukraine

    Master of Psychology and Master of Social Work, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine).  Scientific interests: social problems, mental health, prevention, addiction.

  • Viktor Savka, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Lviv Polytechnic National University, vul. Konovaltsia 4 Lviv, 79013, Ukraine

    Ph.D. (sociology), Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine). Author of more than 150 scientific publications, including articles, books, chapters. Research interests: sociology of social problems, social institutions, ethnosociology.

  • Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Institute of Mother and Child, ul. Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211 Warszawa, Poland

    PhD in humanities, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Mother and Child (Warsaw, Poland) in Department of Children and Adolescent Health. Author of more than 100 scientific publications. Research interests: mental health promotion, prevention of risk behaviours and evaluation of interventions.

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2024-09-25

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Klimanska, M., Shchudlo, S., Mirchuk, I., Zelena, O., Haletska, I., Klymanska, L., Herasym, H., Savka, V., & Okulicz-Kozaryn, K. (2024). A Closer Look at Students’ School Climate Perception: A Case Study of Urban and Rural Ukraine during COVID-19. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 15(2), 705-721. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2024.2.705.721