Academic Stress and Mental Health Issue of College Student during Online Learning

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10.2991/978-2-38476-198-2_112How to use a DOI?

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Academic Stress; College Student; Mental Health Issue; Online Learning

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the educational stress and mental health issues of college students participating in online learning. This study uses an associative quantitative approach with a survey method. The population in this study are college students at Universitas Negeri Jakarta who took component in online studying at some stage in lectures. As many as 743 first and second-year students (male = 157, female = 586) from eight faculties are selected using disproportionate random sampling. Academic stress was measured using the Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents (ESSA), while mental health issues were measured using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). After testing the construct and empirical validity, all items fit the model and are suitable for data collection. Data analysis used simple linear regression testing. The results showed that the data met the normal and linear assumptions. Academic stress has a positive and significant effect on the mental health issue of college students participating in online learning. The higher the academic stress experienced by students, the higher the chances of students experiencing a mental health issue. Pressure from learning activities, workload, personal expectations, and hopelessness are positively related to depression, anxiety, and stress. Meanwhile, worry about grades is positively related only to anxiety and stress. Academic stress can have an impact on student academic performance. Therefore, parents are expected to be able to adjust expectations with student abilities to minimize academic stress on students.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Maya Oktaviani
AU  - Uswatun Hasanah
AU  - Khoirotun Hisan
AU  - Annisa Zakiyah Tribrilianti
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/06
TI  - Academic Stress and Mental Health Issue of College Student during Online Learning
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Vocational Education International Conference (VEIC-5 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 809
EP  - 818
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-198-2_112
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-198-2_112
ID  - Oktaviani2024
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