Postawy egzystencjalne młodzieży akademickiej w postpandemicznym społeczeństwie cyfrowym
Existential attitudes of academic youth in a post-pandemic digital society

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article was to determine the existential attitude of academic youth. The research was undertaken to determine the direction of this attitude and to what extent it depends on their sense of satisfaction with life, selected demographic and Internet use variables. The the-oretical foundation of the research was based on the assumptions of existential psychology and philosophy. Tools such as Grulkowski's To Be and Have Attitude Scale (SPBiM), Diener's Satisfac-tion with Life Scale (SWLS) developedby Juczyński and a personal data questionnaire were used. The research group consisted of a total of 198 students. The results of the research showed that academic youth in general are characterisedby an average degree of existential attitude (“to be” and “to have” at the same time). Statistical analyses made it possible to identify its main correlates and determinants. The higher the age of the respondents, the education of the father and the better the relationship with him, as well as the greater number of friends they had and the more religious they were, the stronger the attitude “to be” was. On the other hand, a negative correla-tion occurred in relation to time spent online; the greater the number of hours spent online, the more the students were characterisedby “to have” attitude. The results indicate that the variables of age, religiosity, father figure and interpersonal relationships are important in shaping the atti-tude “to be”, while excessive digital activity favoursthe attitude “to have”.

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