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Article

Support through Social Media and Online Class Participation to Enhance Psychological Resilience

by
Muhammad Zaheer Asghar
1,2,3,*,
Seema Arif
3,
Elena Barbera
4,
Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen
1 and
Ercan Kocayoruk
5
1
Department of Education, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
2
School of Doctorate, Education & ICT (e-Learning), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
3
Department of Education, University of Management and Technology, Lahore 54770, Pakistan
4
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
5
Faculty of Education, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale 17100, Turkey
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(22), 11962; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211962
Submission received: 4 October 2021 / Revised: 8 November 2021 / Accepted: 12 November 2021 / Published: 14 November 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of New Technology in Promoting Public Health during Crises)
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Abstract

Social support was an important factor in minimizing the effect of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. This research aimed to study the role of online class participation and social media usage to link the social support available from family and friends to psychological resilience among pre-service special education teachers against the negative psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. A survey was conducted with 377 pre-service special needs education (SNE) teachers enrolled at universities in Pakistan. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was applied using Smart-PLS 3.2.8. Results revealed that social media and online class participation played a mediating role between social support and psychological resilience in the pre-service special needs education (SNE) teachers studied. Teacher education institutions can devise strategies to develop social media platforms for student socialization during an emergency to help build resilience against the negative psychological effects of social isolation. Future studies could be conducted to adapt instructions and curricula to social media environments for education in an emergency.
Keywords: COVID-19 lockdown; social media; social support; online class participation COVID-19 lockdown; social media; social support; online class participation

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Asghar, M.Z.; Arif, S.; Barbera, E.; Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P.; Kocayoruk, E. Support through Social Media and Online Class Participation to Enhance Psychological Resilience. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 11962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211962

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Asghar MZ, Arif S, Barbera E, Seitamaa-Hakkarainen P, Kocayoruk E. Support through Social Media and Online Class Participation to Enhance Psychological Resilience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(22):11962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211962

Chicago/Turabian Style

Asghar, Muhammad Zaheer, Seema Arif, Elena Barbera, Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, and Ercan Kocayoruk. 2021. "Support through Social Media and Online Class Participation to Enhance Psychological Resilience" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 22: 11962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211962

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Asghar, M. Z., Arif, S., Barbera, E., Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P., & Kocayoruk, E. (2021). Support through Social Media and Online Class Participation to Enhance Psychological Resilience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211962

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