Rahiman Habeeb Ur, Panakaje Niyaz, Kulal Abhinandan, Parvin S M Riha
College of Business Administration, Kingdom University, Bahrain.
The Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Commerce & Management, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, 575018, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Heliyon. 2023 Jun;9(6):e16594. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16594. Epub 2023 Jun 1.
COVID-19 rampant has impacted almost all sections of society, and the repercussions were mostly negative experiences for people and have resulted by way of disruption in their daily routines. Academics is one such vital section that has suffered directly because of the inaccessibility of a comfortable educational procedure. Due to a shift in the form of education, most of the student community failed to obtain routine and regular education as the government entirely shuttered educational facilities to limit the spread of disease. In this light, this research attempted to examine the amount of academic stress experienced by students during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the strategies they have adopted to cope with this unheard type of uncertain situation. The findings of the study indicated substantial variations in Academic Stress, Exam Anxiety, and Coping Strategies across various demographic characteristics of the respondents. Another significant finding is that students from poor socio-economic backgrounds and those seeking post-graduate courses are more stressed. As an inference, it is also opined that to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on student performance and psychological well-being, special focus, or techniques for accommodating exam environments by the student should be implemented. To minimize stress, the study also proposed efficient coping techniques to lower the amount of stress in various academic tasks.
新冠疫情肆虐，几乎影响到了社会的各个层面，其影响大多给人们带来了负面体验，并导致人们的日常生活受到干扰。学术界就是这样一个重要领域，由于无法获得舒适的教育过程而直接受到影响。由于教育形式的转变，大多数学生群体无法获得常规和正规的教育，因为政府完全关闭了教育设施以限制疾病传播。有鉴于此，本研究试图考察新冠疫情期间学生所经历的学业压力程度，以及他们为应对这种前所未有的不确定情况所采取的策略。研究结果表明，在受访者的不同人口统计学特征中，学业压力、考试焦虑和应对策略存在显著差异。另一个重要发现是，来自社会经济背景较差的学生以及攻读研究生课程的学生压力更大。由此推断，为减轻新冠疫情危机对学生成绩和心理健康的影响，应实施特别关注或为学生提供适应考试环境的技巧。为了将压力降至最低，该研究还提出了有效的应对技巧，以减少各项学术任务中的压力。
