The purpose of this diploma thesis is to determine whether undergraduate and master's students perceived stress during quarantine due to difficult access to study materials, what coping strategies they used in this situation and the most frequent way to obtain study materials during quarantine. Fifty undergraduate and master's students from the University of Ljubljana, University of Maribor and University of Primorska participated in the quantitative research. Using an online survey questionnaire they gave their feedback on stress coused by the difficult access to study materials, symptoms of this stress, coping strategies and ways in which they obtained study materials during this period. The final results showed that students most frequently obtained study materials by searching in databases and due to difficult access they occasionally perceived a medium level of stress. They had the most problems with disorganisation, negative and anxious thoughts, concentration difficulties, irritation and they also felt headaches. The phenomenon of stress was managed through coping strategies that are focused on the challenge, i.e. finding other ways to obtain study materials. A small number of the students participating in the study did not perceive stress due to the situation, consequently they did not have problems with mental, emotional, physical or behavioural symptoms.
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