Development of hobbies during the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on subjective well-being in young Dominicans
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https://doi.org/10.37387/ipc.v11i1.327Keywords:
hobbies, subjective well-being, COVID-19, pandemic, quarantineAbstract
By the end of 2019, a health crisis that produced significant changes in the lifestyle of billions of people worldwide began due to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 prevention measures had negative psychological repercussions on the world population. During the initial months of confinement, people experienced more free time in everyday life. This encouraged the population to search for and practice activities that help fill their routines and mitigate the negative consequences of the crisis. This study aimed to examine the relationship between practicing hobbies during COVID-19 confinement and the subjective well-being of university students in the Dominican Republic. For this, 138 university students from private Santo Domingo centers were surveyed. The participants answered the Satisfaction with Life Scale, SPANE, and a sociodemographic questionnaire that inquired about the practice of hobbies. The results of both scales were compared between people who had developed new hobbies vs. those who did not. It was found that the participants who practiced hobbies had significantly higher scores than those who did not practice subjective well-being, especially in life satisfaction. Hobbyist participants seem to show a higher degree of conformity with their life. This finding supports the use of hobbies as a possible partial buffer against the adverse effects of the pandemic on individual subjective well-being
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