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University Student Experiences with Mandated Home Isolation

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University students were surveyed regarding their experiences with mandated home isolation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 42 survey responses were analyzed through the lens of social cybernetics. Key associations between elements of student experiences with social isolation were identified.

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  1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Hannah R. Griebel & Thomas J. Smith

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  2. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

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Griebel, H.R., Smith, T.J. (2021). University Student Experiences with Mandated Home Isolation. In: Black, N.L., Neumann, W.P., Noy, I. (eds) Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021). IEA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 222. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74611-7_79

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