Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Academic Stress and Perceived Classroom Climate in Spanish University Students
| Autor: | Nicolás Ruiz-Robledillo, Juan Vela-Bermejo, Violeta Clement-Carbonell, Rosario Ferrer-Cascales, Cristian Alcocer-Bruno, Natalia Albaladejo-Blázquez |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Psicología de la Salud, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Innovación y Formación Didáctica, Psicología Aplicada a la Salud y Comportamiento Humano (PSYBHE) |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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University Universities Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis education Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Perceived classroom climate Academic stress Personalidad Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico Communicable Disease Control Psicología Básica Humans Female Longitudinal Studies Students Pandemics academic stress perceived classroom climate university students |
| Zdroj: | RUA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante Universidad de Alicante (UA) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 7; Pages: 4398 |
| Popis: | The COVID-19 pandemic has caused several changes in society, especially in the educational context, where several learning methodologies and social interactions have been modified significantly. This fact could have had a negative impact on academic stress levels of students and the classroom climate, especially in the university context. The main aim of the present study was to identify changes in academic stress and the perceived classroom climate caused by COVID-19 in a sample of Spanish university students. Academic stress was evaluated trough the Stressor Academic Scale (SAS) and perceived classroom climate employing the Perceived Classroom Responsibility Climate (PCRC) questionnaire. A longitudinal study was conducted. 135 students (97 females and 38 males) from the Gastronomy (n = 31) and Criminology (n = 104) degrees were evaluated before and after the COVID-19 lockdown in Spain. Academic stress levels and perceived classroom climate were analyzed before (Time 1) and after (Time 2) the lockdown declaration. An increase in academic stress was found, especially in the categories regarding Teachers’ Methodological Deficiencies, Academic Over-Burden and Beliefs About Performances. Females and final year students suffered higher levels of academic stress. No differences were found between Time 1 and 2 in perceived classroom climate. The obtained results point out a significant increase of academic stress in university students due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. The implemented educational changes and the uncertainty that resulted from the pandemic could have a significant negative impact on mental health in this population, resulting in higher levels of academic stress, especially in females and final year students. Future studies should analyze the strategies that students are employing to cope with these educational challenges and intervention strategies to promote them in the context of higher education. This research was supported by the Program of Networks-I3CE of Investigation in University Teaching (Program Networks) from the Vice-Rectorate of Quality and Educational Innovation and Education Sciences Institute of the University of Alicante (2019–2020). Ref.: (4913). |
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