Variables Linked to Academic Stress Related to the Psychological Well-Being of College Students Inside and Outside the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wong Aitken, Higinio Guillermo; Rabanal-León, Helen Catalina; Saldaña-Bocanegra, Jesús Catherine; Carranza-Yuncor, Nelly Roxana; Rondon-Eusebio, Rafael Fernando

doi:10.3390/educsci14070739

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Variables Linked to Academic Stress Related to the Psychological Well-Being of College Students Inside and Outside the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Higinio Guillermo Wong Aitken

¹,

Helen Catalina Rabanal-León

²,

Jesús Catherine Saldaña-Bocanegra

³

,

Nelly Roxana Carranza-Yuncor

⁴ and

Rafael Fernando Rondon-Eusebio

^5,*

¹

Faculty of Business, Universidad César Vallejo, Lima 15446, Peru

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Faculty of Law and Humanities, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo 13009, Peru

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Vice-Rectorate for Research, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo 13009, Peru

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Graduate School, Universidad César Vallejo, Trujillo 13009, Peru

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Department of Humanities, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima 15314, Peru

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Educ. Sci. 2024, 14(7), 739; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070739

Submission received: 11 February 2024 / Revised: 2 June 2024 / Accepted: 11 June 2024 / Published: 5 July 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mental Health of College Students in the Post-pandemic Era)

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The present study examines the impact of academic stress on the psychological well-being of college students during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to investigate similarities and differences in both scenarios. As a method, a review of the scientific literature was carried out following the PRISMA methodology. The Scopus and Web of Science databases were used by applying eligibility criteria and multiple filtering stages. Thirty-seven studies were selected for a qualitative content analysis. The results allowed for five groups of variables associated with academic stress to be categorized: (1) adaptation to change; (2) study modality; (3) learning resources; (4) academic–life balance; and (5) socio-emotional variables. The comparative analysis evidenced the exacerbation of academic stress and the comprehensive affectation of psychological well-being during the social restriction measures put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In post-pandemic contexts, responses were mitigated by available social and affective resources. It was concluded that academic stress and its associated variables had more unfavorable consequences on the psychological well-being of college students due to social isolation measures with remote education during the pandemic.

Keywords: academic stress; academic burnout; psychological well-being; college students; pandemic; COVID-19

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Wong Aitken, H.G.; Rabanal-León, H.C.; Saldaña-Bocanegra, J.C.; Carranza-Yuncor, N.R.; Rondon-Eusebio, R.F. Variables Linked to Academic Stress Related to the Psychological Well-Being of College Students Inside and Outside the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 739. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070739

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Wong Aitken HG, Rabanal-León HC, Saldaña-Bocanegra JC, Carranza-Yuncor NR, Rondon-Eusebio RF. Variables Linked to Academic Stress Related to the Psychological Well-Being of College Students Inside and Outside the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Education Sciences. 2024; 14(7):739. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070739

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Wong Aitken, Higinio Guillermo, Helen Catalina Rabanal-León, Jesús Catherine Saldaña-Bocanegra, Nelly Roxana Carranza-Yuncor, and Rafael Fernando Rondon-Eusebio. 2024. "Variables Linked to Academic Stress Related to the Psychological Well-Being of College Students Inside and Outside the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic" Education Sciences 14, no. 7: 739. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070739

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Wong Aitken, H. G., Rabanal-León, H. C., Saldaña-Bocanegra, J. C., Carranza-Yuncor, N. R., & Rondon-Eusebio, R. F. (2024). Variables Linked to Academic Stress Related to the Psychological Well-Being of College Students Inside and Outside the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Education Sciences, 14(7), 739. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070739

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