20.500.12556/DKUM-95384 Youth's educational experiences before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic This chapter explores shifts in educational trajectories and student well-being in Croatia and Slovenia before (2018), during, and after (2023) the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings indicate that participation in formal education remains high, particularly in Slovenia, with girls more often enrolled in graduate studies. However, students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds were disproportionately excluded from higher levels of education, with inequalities especially evident in Croatia at the primary and secondary levels. The pandemic negatively affected subjective well-being, most severely among girls and young people in lower levels of education. Stress levels were consistently high, with differing patterns across countries and education levels, and were strongly linked to diminished well-being and academic performance. During the pandemic, schools and universities acted as crucial support structures, partly mitigating adverse outcomes, yet disparities persisted post-pandemic. Educational aspirations remained generally strong, though shaped by gender and socioeconomic status, revealing both resilience and entrenched inequalities in youth education pathways. education students well-being socioeconomic disparities izobraževanje študenti dobro počutje socialno-ekonomske razlike true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Slovenija; Hrvaška; Znanstveno delo 2025-09-16 10:12:28 2025-09-16 10:12:28 2025-09-17 03:18:05 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 73-101 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-09-03 316.346.32-053.6 247088643 249076483 10.18690/um.ff.7.2025.4 RAZ_Odak_Iva_2025.pdf RAZ_Odak_Iva_2025.pdf 1 04A5AD1BEA92226FAEF5C62E13A7CE08 8b76ca8dc941fb99bdfd61013da161a65387f39f413296502841f07219a88f12 1c8aa15e-92d5-11f0-8742-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=198545 https://doi.org/10.18690/um.ff.7.2025.4 1 e3e30f3c-92d4-11f0-8742-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=198544 Filozofska fakulteta Univerzitetna založba Univerze v Mariboru 0 0 0