1. Predictors of well-being in university students : the dominant role of social and mental balance and physical exercise over dietary habits and daily routinesTina Vršnik Perše, Živa Grafenauer Ekart, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: This study examines the relationship between well-being, social and mental balance, physical exercise, dietary habits, and daily routines among university students. Using standardised questionnaires, we obtained results showing that social and mental balance is the strongest predictor of well-being, followed by organised physical exercise. Although dietary habits and daily routines are correlated with well-being, their predictive influence remains limited. The results point to the importance of holistic interventions that integrate social support, structured physical activity, and healthy lifestyle choices in increasing overall wellbeing. Future research should investigate longitudinal effects and interventionbased approaches to develop sustainable well-being strategies tailored to students' needs.
Keywords: university students, well-being, social and mental balance, physical exercise, dietary habits, daily routines
Published in DKUM: 17.11.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 0
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2. University students' lifestyle in the context of physical activity, sedentary habits, and academic achievementsIvan Prskalo, Jurij Planinšec, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: This study aims to explore the relationship between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and academic achievement among university students. A total of 243 students aged 18 to 24 years participated. Physical activity was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire – Short Form, while sedentary behaviour was measured with the SIT-Q-7d. Academic achievement was based on self-reported average grades and compared across physical activity levels using one-way ANOVA. Results indicate that higher physical activity is not necessarily linked to better academic performance. Excessive involvement in physical activity may reduce study time, potentially leading to lower academic outcomes.
Keywords: physical activity, sedentary behaviour, academic achievement, university students, cognitive performance
Published in DKUM: 17.09.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 5
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3. University students' views on the efficacy of a museum's historical school lessons - the case of Ancient EmonaMonika Govekar-Okoliš, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: Museums today engage in a range of educational activities, including simulated museum's historical school lessons. The article uses the Slovenian School Museum as an example and describes the education it offers, especially concerning museum's historical school lessons. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the views and reactions of university students (n = 19) from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana, concerning what they learned from the enactment of a historical school lesson. An open-ended type of questionnaire was given to participants in the study year 2019/20 and used to evaluate the “Ancient Emona” school lesson. The study's findings show the historical school lesson conducted in the museum to be an effective, living, and active means of education on the history of teaching for university students.
Keywords: museum education, museum's school lessons, Slovenian School Museum, university students, Ancient Emona
Published in DKUM: 24.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 2
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4. Are pedagogical students more creative than students of non-pedagogical programs?Dejan Zemljak, Mateja Ploj Virtič, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: The study aims to explore whether there are significant differences in self-assessed creativity between pedagogical and nonpedagogical students, the potential connection between creativity and pedagogical or non-pedagogical study orientation, whether the pedagogical or non-pedagogical orientation of studies influences creativity, and additionally whether there are significant differences in self-assessed creativity between the genders, related to the results of creativity self-assessment. The results showed no statistically significant differences in creativity between students according to gender or according to whether they were pedagogical or nonpedagogical students. We can conclude that the expression of creativity is likely to be influenced by many other factors.
Keywords: creativity, gender, university students, pedagogical orientation, nonpedagogical orientation
Published in DKUM: 24.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 3
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5. Typology of health-related behavior : hierarchical cluster analysis among university studentsJoca Zurc, Matej Majerič, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: Physical and mental health show strong associations with health-related behavior. Uni versity students are one of the at-risk groups who are in a vulnerable transition phase from adolescence to adulthood, significantly affecting their health-related lifestyle. This study aims to identify different groups of university students with homogeneous health related behavior, considering their dietary habits, physical activity, alcohol and tobacco consumption, mental well-being and lifestyle change motives. For data collection, an anonymous, closed-ended paper-and-pencil questionnaire was administered to a sample of 171 university students. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, a t-test for independent samples, a chi-square test, Spearman correlation and hierarchical cluster analyses (Ward’s method, Dendrogram). On average, students reported good health (M=4.84), including daily physical activity (M = 31.35 min) and regular consumption of fruits (M = 4.02) and vegetables (M = 4.19). The hierarchical cluster analysis revealed two distinct patterns among the students: “Caring for a healthy lifestyle” (N = 69) and “Physically inactive with poor mental well-being” (N = 62). Better health-related behavior was found among male students enrolled in higher study years (p ≤ 0.01). These findings provide newinsights into the different patterns of health-related behavior among university students that require targeted health promotion actions. Universities should develop and implement courses in healthy lifestyles and sustain them in the curricula.
Keywords: higher education, university students, healthy lifestyle, mental well-being, cluster analyses
Published in DKUM: 10.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 18
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6. Roles of personal values and information technology usage in forming the university students’ view of environmental sustainability : a preliminary regional study of economics and business studentsNikša Alfirević, Vojko Potočan, Zlatko Nedelko, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: This study focuses on two significant factors shaping university students’ perception
of environmental sustainability. Those are (a) personal values, measured by the Portrait Values
Questionnaire (PVQ) and (b) the usage of and proficiency in information technology. Personal
values have been widely used to analyze individual perspectives toward various issues, including
environmental ones. As contemporary social arrangements include significant influences from social
networks and mobile phone usage, overall engagement with technology becomes an essential factor
affecting university student attitudes and behaviors. While the individual impact of those factors
can be found in the extant literature, we look into their interaction concerning university student
pro-environmental attitudes, measured by the Revised NEP (New Ecological Paradigm) Scale, and
their environmental self-efficacy. Our sample comes from the population of undergraduate business
and economics students from Central and Southeast Europe, specifically Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro. We discuss our findings in the context of previous studies
from the same regions and consider the unique socio-economic factors. The research results address
Sustainable Development Goals 4 (quality education), 12 (responsible consumption and production),
and 13 (climate action) by analyzing the factors contributing to university student pro-environmental
attitudes and their self-efficacy in the context of their information technology usage and proficiency.
Keywords: personal values, information technology, university students, pro-environmental worldview, Central Europe, Southeast Europe
Published in DKUM: 02.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 1
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7. Differences in personal innovativeness in the domain of information technology among university students and teachersAndrej Šorgo, Mateja Ploj Virtič, Kosta Dolenc, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: Two online surveys among 1105 university students and 656 employees were conducted with the inclusion of the construct Personal Innovativeness in the domain of Information Technologies (PIIT). After calculating descriptive statistics, statistically significant differences between personal innovativeness of university students and teachers were sought by the application of one-way ANOVA. The first and most important finding was that average perceived PIIT of teachers and students falls around the middle of the seven-point scale, which cannot be regarded as a plausible predictor of upgrading the University as an Innovative Ecosystem. The second was that university teachers scored higher than their students, a situation that could produce an expectancy conflict between those who want to work in an innovative way and those who would prefer study by the book. Teaching assistants, who should belong to the generation of digital natives, are only slightly more innovative than university teachers, who can be regarded as digital immigrants. Assuming that innovativeness can be upgraded by learning, means that efforts should be made by University Management to encourage and support Personal Innovativeness (and other creativities, as well) as a preferred teaching practice.
Keywords: personal innovativeness, information technologies, university students, university teachers, online education
Published in DKUM: 10.12.2024; Views: 0; Downloads: 4
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8. Internet use and psychosomatic symptoms among university students : cross-sectional studyGregor Štiglic, Ruth Masterson Creber, Leona Cilar Budler, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: Background: Although the internet facilitates access to a wide range of knowledge and evidence, overuse among young people is associated with lower wellbeing and psychosomatic symptoms. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to explore the relationship between internet use, mental wellbeing, and psychosomatic symptoms among university students in Slovenia. Methods: We used correlation matrix plots to identify correlated symptoms and multivariate logistic regression to analyze the relationship between the time spent on the internet or computer and psychosomatic symptoms controlling for gender. Symptoms were measured using the Health Behavior of School Children scale. Results: Out of 464 students, the majority (64.7%, n = 300) were healthcare students and 35.3% (n = 164) were computer science students. Among somatic symptoms, headaches were associated with more time spent on the computer (r = −0.17, p < 0.001) and were significantly more prevalent in computer science students compared to health science students (χ2(1) = 8.52, p = 0.004). Time spent using the internet for spare time activities was associated with lower nervousness (r = 0.15, p = 0.005). Conclusions: Computer science students reported more frequent psychological symptoms compared to health science students and less somatic symptoms.
Keywords: psychological symptoms, somatic symptoms, technology use, wellbeing, university students
Published in DKUM: 27.11.2024; Views: 0; Downloads: 12
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9. Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected mathematics achievement? : a case study of university students in social sciencesAnja Žnidaršič, Alenka Brezavšček, Gregor Rus, Janja Jerebic, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: This study examines the effects of COVID-19-related measures on the mathematics achievement of university students in social sciences in Slovenia. Our particular concern was to compare two student populations (pre-pandemic and pandemic) in terms of factors affecting student performance in mathematics courses. Data were collected over nine consecutive academic years (from 2013–2014 to 2020–2021) and analyzed using two-stage structural equation modelling (SEM). The analyses confirmed that the conceptual model developed before the pandemic was applicable during the pandemic period. For both populations (pre-pandemic and pandemic), mathematics confidence, perceived level of math anxiety, background knowledge from secondary school, and self-engagement in mathematics courses at university were confirmed as factors influencing mathematics achievement. Moreover, both populations perceived the effects of the factors in the same way, and the magnitude of the effects is comparable. The rather high values of determination coefficient for mathematics achievement (greater than 0.66 for both student populations) indicate that the variables “Perceived Level of Math Anxiety” and “Self-Engagement in Mathematics Course at University” together explain a significant proportion of the total variance before and during the pandemic. Consequently, the results of our case study indicated that pandemic measures did not have a significant impact on our students’ mathematics achievement. Although a more in-depth study of a broader sample of academic courses would be needed to confirm our findings, our experience indicates that mathematics courses at the tertiary level of education can be successfully delivered online.
Keywords: COVID-19, mathematics achievement, university students, social sciences, pre-pandemic population, pandemic population, comparison, multi-group structural equation modeling (MG-SEM)
Published in DKUM: 09.07.2024; Views: 112; Downloads: 12
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10. Changed lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic : the need for health education in the curriculum of pedagogical studentsJoca Zurc, 2024, original scientific article Abstract: The health education in schools became the focus of public attention during the global pandemic of COVID-19. Teaching practice changed to meet the increased demand for pupils’health, triggering a reevaluation of higher education curricula for pedagogical students. Therefore, this mixed methods study aimed to investigate the lifestyle of university students of pedagogy in Slovenia during the COVID-19 pandemic.One hundred and four students (87.4% females and 12.6% males) met the criteria and participated in an online survey in which they self-assessed their physical activity, eating habits, mental well-being, and sleep quality. The convergent parallel mixed methods design was used to obtain qualitative descriptions of student experiences withlifestyle domains and quantitative data on their attitudes towards the impact of lifestyle on physical and mental well-being during the pandemic. The results suggestthat the pandemic did significantly impact student lifestyles, especially their mental well-being. Although most students maintained a healthy lifestyle during the pandemic, they also reported a deterioration in other measured domains of health-related behaviour. Particular attention should, therefore, be paid to the curriculum of pedagogical students to develop their competences in health education and readiness toassume an active role as educators for their future pupils’ health.
Keywords: health education, university students, curriculum development, education professions, pedagogy, university students, mixed methods research
Published in DKUM: 13.05.2024; Views: 238; Downloads: 28
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