Study of Perceived Stress and Pandemic Effects Among University Students

Abstract

Nowadays, the field of positive psychology, which focuses on the factors of positive quality of life and wellbeing, is becoming increasingly popular. This research makes our study relevant, in which we explore correlates of psychological and quality of life in the university student population. We highlight factors such as life satisfaction, subjective quality of psychological well-being, life purpose, peer support, self-efficacy, resilience and self-esteem. Through our questionnaire survey, we seek to find out how the coronavirus epidemic has affected the mood and emotions of university students and to explore the advantages and disadvantages of the online education experience. The questionnaire package was made available online and 228 participants (average age: 23.1) took part in the survey.The results suggested that the transition to online education had a clear negative impact on the maintenance of relationships, leading to social isolation, and a subjective sense of emotional and mood deterioration and knowledge loss was detected by the students. In addition, the shift of education to an online platform led to a decrease in motivation and made the learning process monotonous. Based on our results, the presence of peer support, self-efficacy and psychological resilience as protective factors helped to cope with stress.