IMU Young Values Club held an online talk with Expert Counselor Sedat Atekin on February 27, 2021, titled ‘Student Psychology and Career Goals during the Pandemic’. The moderator of the event was club member Emrah Hakan Ermeydan.
Ermeydan stated that the pandemic has deeply affected social life on a global scale and underlined that various pandemic-related psychological problems have been observed among university students affecting their health. He also mentioned that depression and stress have increased due to the pandemic, which negatively affects the learning processes. In the later part of the talk, Ermeydan stated that distance education caused some students to change their career goals; yet, he noticed that students should continue their studies in line with their career goals. He mentioned that individuals who experience these changes should benefit from psychological counseling if they arrive at a point where they cannot solve their problems on their own.
In the last part of the interview, which continued with the question and answer session, issues such as how the education system during the pandemic affected student psychology and whether living together with the families caused psychological problems were discussed.