ABSTRACT
Objective: Describe the prevalence of technostress in Peruvian basic education teachers during the COVID-19 pan-demic. Materials and methods: The research had a quantitative approach, the design was non-experimental and the type, descriptive, cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 197 teachers from the city of Cusco to whom a Sociodemo-graphic and Labor Data Questionnaire and the Technostress Questionnaire were applied, an instrument with acceptable levels of reliability and validity. Subsequently, the responses were systematized and analyzed using the SPSS® version 22 program. Results: The 57.9% of the teachers presented high levels of technostress and it was determined that this variable is significantly associated with sex, age group, employment status and marital status (p<0.05). Conclusions: It is necessary that the educational authori-ties regulate the hours of attention that teachers have for students and parents to avoid overexposure to ICT. In the same way, teachers who have the symptoms or are at risk of suffering from it should be identified in order to carry out a timely intervention and reduce the impact on their physical and emotional well-being.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the accelerated spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have caused governments to decree mandatory social isolation in many countries, causing people to change their habits, among which the time spent on the Internet stands out. Although the Internet has provided valuable opportunities in scientific, communicative, and social aspects of society, it’s inappropriate and extreme use, mostly for recreational purposes, is a serious threat to the health and well-being of the population, especially children. youths. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze internet addiction (IA) in undergraduate students at a private Peruvian university during the COVID-19 pandemic. The approach was quan titative, the design was non-experimental, and the type was descriptive of transectional cut. The sample consisted of 265 students and the instrument used for data collection was the Lima Internet Addiction Scale, which had adequate validity and reliability. The results indicate that 43.4% of the students presented moderate levels of IA, characterized mainly by the fact that they spent more time on the Internet than they intended, after having disconnected they felt that they wanted to continue connected to the Internet and they came to have problems in the university for such conduct. It was concluded that the predominant level of IA in students was moderate and that some sociodemographic and academic variables such as gender, age group, connection time, as well as previous academic performance were significantly associated with the said disorder (p<0.05).
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University education is a period that involves many demands as well as academic, social, and personal demands for students. This context became more complex in the current pandemic era, as education went from being face-to-face to being virtual, which highlighted other limitations such as accessibility and connectivity problems and the new way of learning. Therefore, the objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of academic stress in students of the professional education career of a Peruvian university in times of the CO-VID-19 pandemic. The research approach was quantitative, non-experimental design, and correlational type. The sample was formed by 172 students to whom the SISCO Inventory of Academic Stress and a sociodemographic data sheet were applied. According to the findings, the students were characterized by high levels of academic stress and it was determined that this variable is significantly associated with sex, age, and year of studies. It was concluded that the application of psychoeducational strategies is necessary to reduce the prevalence of academic stress in students so that they can function properly and improve their quality of life.