GENERATION Z’s PANDEMIC LIFE AND ITS PERSPECTIVES: RETHINKING THEIR PATH TOWARDS A BETTER NORMAL, PHILIPPINES

Author Name: Dr. Victoria P. Valenzuela

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: Philippines

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2020-78526584/

Affiliation:

1. Bulacan State University, Philippines

ABSTRACT

Enormous numbers of generation Z, certainly transformed and abruptly changed their lives because of COVID-19 pandemic that spread globally. During the pandemic Generation Z is embracing the hardship and the struggle they experience build individuals in different ways as in a completely different nature. Home quarantine due to COVID-19 really affects them in many aspects of their lives. The purpose of this study is to determine how COVID-19 impacted Generation Z specifically: the positive and negative impacts on the lives of the students during home quarantine or lockdown; how the Gen Z’s changed by the pandemic in terms of physical, mental, and spiritual aspects; problems encountered and lessons learned during pandemic; and how the Local Government Unit and the University contribute to Gen Z’s towards a better normal and to the challenges of the future. This study used the mixed method, both quantitative and qualitative approaches with 290 university students. Descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance were utilized in the study. The results show that when COVID-19 pandemic enters our lives, everything changed and realized the following: trust God, takegood care for our health, family and our environment as well because it is the one who also take care and protect us, loving and helping each other, be responsible at all times, and giving value to the life that we have each day because Generation Z overcome crisis without giving up to the challenges and become the minds of the future as leaders towards a better normal.

Key words: Generation Z, COVID-19 pandemic, home quarantine, better normal