TABLE 6.
Categories, examples, and quantified responses for the question “What comes to mind as particularly helpful in your current situation?” for the total sample and by study year.
| What comes to mind as particularly helpful in your current situation? | Total |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
X 2 | df | p | |
| Category and subcategory | Example | (n = 887) |
(n = 307) |
(n = 192) |
(n = 210) |
(n = 178) |
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| n (%) mentioned | n (%) mentioned | n (%) mentioned | n (%) mentioned | n (%) mentioned | |||||
| Flexibility due to digital courses • Self-directed learning • Individualized learning |
“You can decide for yourself where and when to study, work or go to sports.” “The possibility to organize yourself. And, for example, to save lectures and then listen to them again.” |
211 (23.8) | 64 (20.8) | 58 (30.2) | 44 (21.0) | 45 (25.3) | 6.98 | 3 | 0.073 |
| Contact with friends and family | “As much social interaction as possible, spending time with family, creating a regular daily routine…” | 151 (17.0) | 44 (14.3) | 37 (19.3) | 37 (17.6) | 33 (18.5) | 2.60 | 3 | 0.457 |
| Balance through sports, leisure and nature-based activities | “Especially helpful for me is currently sports activities and activities in nature.” | 82 (9.2) | 22 (7.2) | 20 (10.4) | 25 (11.9) | 15 (8.4) | 3.80 | 3 | 0.283 |
| Other | “To make a schedule. It would also be helpful to create groups where you can meet via Skype to work and discuss at the same time. But I personally have not done that.” | 64 (7.2) | 15 (4.9) | 11 (5.7) | 22 (10.5) | 16 (9.0) | 7.29 | 3 | 0.063 |
n, frequencies; X2, chi squared; p, p-value.