Abstract
The chapter examines the problems of Russian youth adaptation in the conditions of self-isolation under COVID-19: educational technologies, psychological and physical health, the experience of the traditional confession. The authors surveyed Don State Technical University to prove that the student youth have a number of problems caused by self-isolation as well as to specify what methods can be applied to overcome COVID-caused challenges. Sports spirituality can provide a solid foundation for all health factors and purposefully contribute to the adaptation to post-COVID social reality. The practical case of the health group in Armavir shows how sports spirituality worked out within the Orthodox Church can be put into practice. Practices of sports spirituality were implemented by the health group in Armavir. They include walking technique and forms of physical activity as health-improving functions, strengthening the body capabilities, breathing exercises, support and interpersonal communication in a thematic conversation in WhatsApp.
TopBackground
The problem of the epidemic and its influence upon society and social behaviour has become one of the most relevant in the academic discourse. But up to the present moment, there is not a big number of researches in which the influence of epidemic and the consequences of the global epidemic are investigated. The present research is based on the ideas of framing theory which allows us to explain the feeling of social disorientation and social distance which have become one of the most negative results of COVID-2019 (Semetko, H., & Valkenburg, P., 2000).
The second theoretical position is based on the number of works in which specialist in education and psychology research the lockdown and what happens within the student youth within self-isolation but under the necessity to study and to communicate online.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Pandemic: An unusually strong epidemic that spread across countries and continents, covering the vast majority of the world.
COVID-2019: A contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which caused a global pandemic, lockdown and self-isolation in most countries in the world.
Healthcare: A public sector that organizes and ensures the protection of public health and is a combination of political, economic, social, legal, scientific, medical, sanitary and hygienic, anti-epidemic and cultural measures aimed at preserving and strengthening the physical and mental health of each person, maintaining a healthy life and the provision of medical care for deteriorating health.
Education Technology: It is a system of interaction between a teacher and students, the basis of which is a specific concept defined by the goal, objectives, principles, content, methods and means of teaching.
Lockdown: A restrictive policy which stipulates limitation of social life for people, local community or the whole nation due to specific risks to themselves or others to fall ill with COVID-2019 if they can move and interact freely.
Self-Isolation: It is abstaining from contact with others to reduce the risk of infection.
Adaptation: Restructuring of the individual's psyche under the influence of objective environmental factors, as well as the person's ability to adapt to various environmental requirements without feeling internal discomfort and without conflict with the environment.
Sport Spirituality: An educational innovation manifested itself as a set of specific communicative techniques associated with mental processes of individual (cognitive and emotional-volitional), such as thinking, memory, attention, feelings, which in the process of sports activities were aimed at developing interest in a healthy lifestyle and adherence to social rules in the process of physical education and sports. Sport spirituality is aimed at realizing the importance of a healthy lifestyle in life and a person's worldview, openness and desire for cooperation with many sports organizations and associations, and, consequently, the attention of the clergy to this area and the training of specialized personnel.