Academic Stress, Mental Health and Family Functioning in Nursing Students in Virtual Education Conditions
Keywords:
psychological stress, family dynamics, COVID-19Abstract
Introduction: The study of academic stress in university students and its relationship with mental health and family functioning took on greater interest due to the conditions of virtual education and its implication in the emergence of stressors.
Objective: To determine the correlation between academic stress, mental health and family functioning among Nursing students at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Santo Domingo campus, due to virtual classes during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Methods: A quantitative approach with a correlational and descriptive cross-sectional design was applied. The stratified proportional probability sample consisted of 229 participants. The following questionnaires were used: SISCO SV-21 inventory (academic stress), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) (mental health), and the Family Functioning Test-FF-SIL.
Results: There was a high proportion of female students and a concentration of students under 21 years of age. Of those evaluated, 75.11 % had moderate academic stress, 39.30 % had normal mental health impairment, and 48.03 % perceived their family as moderately functional. There was a low positive correlation (0.349) between academic stress and mental health.
Conclusions: It was demonstrated that women are more prone to higher levels of academic stress and less likely to be affected by mental health issues than men. No correlation was found between academic stress and family functionality, as the values are not significant for the case study.
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