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Horizontes Revista de Investigación en Ciencias de la Educación
versión impresa ISSN 2616-7964
Resumen
CHAVEZ REINOSO, Jorge Patricio; CHAVEZ GUEVARA, Jorge Ernesto; VILLARREAL MEZA, Dayana Cristina y ORTIZ PARRA, Luis Antonio. Stress factors in university students in times of pandemic (Covid-19). Horizontes Rev. Inv. Cs. Edu. [online]. 2021, vol.5, n.20, pp.310-324. ISSN 2616-7964. https://doi.org/10.33996/revistahorizontes.v5i20.275.
The purpose of the present article is to make known the determining factors of stress in university students and to analyze how this phenomenon influences academic performance in teaching and learning. The study was carried out during the pandemic period (May 2021), with a mixed approach, being a descriptive, cross-sectional, field, documentary study with bibliographic support; which allowed identifying the stress factors and how they affect the teaching and learning process in students of the different faculties of the National University of Chimborazo, in their various careers and specialties. According to the results, 57% state that the virtual education methodology has been very and extremely stressful, 70% of the students have been affected by virtual education and are stressed, 72% wish to return to face-to-face education, 88% state that homework has generated greater stress, 86% indicate that the pandemic has affected their academic performance, and finally that the economic situation and family problems are factors that have generated higher levels of stress in students. It is therefore concluded that virtual education has affected stress levels in higher education students during the pandemic, impacting the psychological, behavioral and cognitive areas.
Palabras clave : Pandemic; Covid-19; Virtual education; Stres; University students.