Anxiety, self-esteem and studyhabits in relationtotheacademic performance of Peruvian universitystudents: Covid-19 context

La Serna-Solari P.B.; Castillo-Cornock T.B.; Viera-Quijano Y.G. · Avances en Odontoestomatologia (2023)

Resumen

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic radically changed the way of studying, suddenly we went from fa-ce-to-face learning to a virtual one, in many cases without digital media, without properly managing plat-forms, adding anxiety to contagion, fear of death, economic instability, the uncertainty that it will happen, brings with it changes in academic work, thus influencing academic performance. Aim: Relate anxiety, self-esteem and study habits with academic performance in Peruvian university students. Methos: Quantitative, longitudinal, correlational and prospective study with a non-probabilistic sample of 260 students from the 1st cycle of the USS period 2020-II, virtual questionnaires were applied to measure anxiety (Beck’s Anxiety Inventory), self-esteem (Stanley’s Self-esteem Inventory Coopersmith), study habits (CASM-85 Study Habits Inventory) and academic performance (Promotional Proceedings). Results: 40% of the students present a minimum level of anxiety, 50.4% present high average self-esteem and 25.8% have very positive study habits. Conclusion: There is a relationship between anxiety and academic performance with statistical significan-ce; while self-esteem, study habits and academic performance were not statistically significant.

Instituciones: Universidad Señor de Sipán