Anxiety to online learning: relationship with attitude, gender, environment, and mental health in university students

• Autores: Castillo Riquelme, Victor, Cabezas Maureira, Nicolás, Vera Navarro, Constanza, Toledo Puente, Constanza
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistas.upc.edu.pe:article/1284
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upc.edu.pe/index.php/docencia/article/view/1284
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: mental health; psychological effects; higher education; long distance education; learn online; salud mental; efectos psicológicos; enseñanza superior; educación a distancia; aprendizaje en línea; saúde mental; efeitos psicológicos; educação superior; educação à distância; estudante online

Introduction: The educational institution is one of the sectors that has suffered the most from the effects of the spread of Covid-19. Objective: This research aimed to characterize online learning anxiety through the eponymous dimension of the Online Learning Strategies Scale in a sample of university students (n = 192) and to examine its determinants. Methods: The study was quantitative, non-experimental and cross-sectional. Results: A regression model was used to explain 30% of the variability in online learning anxiety. Online learning anxiety was found to be negatively related to attitudes towards online classes, self-perceived mental health and quality of connectivity. Females reported higher anxiety than males. Conclusion: The article closes with recommendations for university policies and suggestions for further studies.