Title: The Impact of Parental Involvement on University Student COVID-19 Pandemic Trauma Recovery and Academic Performance
Stream: Inclusive Pedagogy
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Suzan Yesil, Texas Tech University, United States
Abstract:
The recent outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been acknowledged as a major traumatic event in university students (Lederer et al., 2021) that has further amplified the mental health burden of this already vulnerable population (Chessman & Taylor, 2019) and exposed the pervasive inequities, deficiencies and inadequacies in America’s higher education system (Jackson & Holzman, 2020). Studies have suggested that COVID-19 trauma has impacted university students’ social, emotional, and psychological functioning (Browning et al., 2021) which has in turn affected teaching and learning in universities (Plakhotnik et al., 2021). Engaging and strengthening connections between universities and families through parental involvement has been suggested as an important pathway to facilitating mental health and wellbeing in university students (Huremović, 2019). However, parental involvement in university students’ mental health and wellbeing is a relatively under-researched subject and not much is known about it (Morris, 2018). This study will explore university students’ perceptions of 1) their COVID-19 trauma experiences, and 2) parental involvement in their COVID-19 pandemic-related trauma recovery. The study will employ a qualitative case study research approach and focus groups to collect and analyze data thematically. The study population will be undergraduate students in a university campus in Texas. The study will contribute to theory and advocacy on the importance of involving parents to support university students who have experienced trauma and address mental health-related systemic deficiencies that affect students’ educational experiences and exacerbate inequities in America’s higher learning institutions.
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