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      Temporary destudentification caused by COVID‐19: Motivations and effects on social relations in a Chilean university city

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          The arrival of the coronavirus in 2020 brought major changes to education, with the rapid transition to online classes being the most significant. In the case of university students, the pandemic meant returning to their homes, which can be interpreted as a temporary destudentification. This manuscript analyses and interprets the motivations of university students from Temuco (Chile) to change their social relations and place of residence as a consequence of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Through a quantitative methodology that used more than 800 online surveys and a principal component analysis, it was concluded that the psychological well‐being and the security provided by the family were the main causes for changing accommodation; but a total of four main components related to material conditions, economic aspects, family and psychological and physical well‐being were identified. Similarly, although with the pandemic the family was the most reinforced dimension in terms of social relations, there were groups of students who were more connected to friends and colleagues or neighbours. The results point to a partial and temporary destudentification, explainable by the nature of the lease contract and the dependent role of the students with respect to the landlords.

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                Contributors
                jprada@udec.cl
                Journal
                Popul Space Place
                Popul Space Place
                10.1002/(ISSN)1544-8452
                PSP
                Population, Space and Place
                John Wiley and Sons Inc. (Hoboken )
                1544-8444
                1544-8452
                18 October 2021
                18 October 2021
                : e2529
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ] Department of Geography University of Concepción Concepción Chile
                [ 2 ] Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile
                Author notes
                [*] [* ] Correspondence

                José Prada‐Trigo, Department of Geography, University of Concepción, Barrio Universitario s/n, Concepción, Chile.

                Email: jprada@ 123456udec.cl

                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4071-1195
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1984-8824
                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0722-9425
                Article
                PSP2529
                10.1002/psp.2529
                8646514
                6112c66e-e982-4749-bcd5-09aab62eb62c
                © 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

                This article is being made freely available through PubMed Central as part of the COVID-19 public health emergency response. It can be used for unrestricted research re-use and analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source, for the duration of the public health emergency.

                History
                : 22 September 2021
                : 29 June 2021
                : 26 September 2021
                Page count
                Figures: 2, Tables: 6, Pages: 12, Words: 9631
                Funding
                Funded by: Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico , doi 10.13039/501100002850;
                Award ID: 1210084
                Funded by: CONICYT—ANID (National Agency for Research and Development of Chile)
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                chile,coronavirus,destudentification,motivations,social relations

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