Socio-emotional processes during the COVID 19 pandemic in graduate students

Introduction: the changes in the academic life of graduate students due to the pandemic generated complex socioemotional processes that need to be explored.Objective: to compare the socioemotional processes in graduate students during the closure of universities according to the area of knowledge and sex.Method: exploratory-descriptive -comparative quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. A total of 119 questionnaires were analyzed using the Mann -Whitney U non-parametric statistical test to determine significant differences in the independent variables. Results: significant differences were identified before and during the pandemic in prosocial emotions and mood affectations in both groups of students due to the overload of academic-work activities and the differentiated conditions by area. Women in area 2 were more affected.Discussion: the socio-structural and situational context and the educational level condition socioemotional processes in a statistically significant way. Scope and limitations of the study are discussed.

Socio-Emotional Experiences of University Students in the Face of Virtual Education Due to Covid-19

The article analyzes and compares the socio-emotional experience of university students from Mexico and Peru in the face of migration to remote emergency education due to Covid-19. This is an exploratory-descriptive-comparative quantitative study with two independent purposive samples. Based on the results, it is shown that socio-emotional affectations reflect and prolong the unequal social structures that condition the university community in Latin America. © 2022 Instituto de Estudios Sociales Contemporaneos IESCO. All rights reserved.