Stress of university students before and after campus closure in response to COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, universities were forced to adopt a remote learning model, which introduced a number of stressors into college students' everyday life and study habits. The current study investigates if students' study-related stress increased after the pandemic's onset and how individual and contextual factors moderate this potential stress increase. Longitudinal survey data about students' stress levels and self-efficacy in self-regulation were collected before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic at a public university (N = 274). Regression analysis results show an overall increase in study-related stress levels after the onset of the pandemic. Students with self-efficacy in self-regulation reported lower stress increases; students with higher mental health impairm

SUBMITTER: von Keyserlingk L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8250790 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature