Technostress in Peruvian basic education teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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.

Academic stress in Peruvian university students in COVID-19 pandemic times

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.

Attitude of university students towards virtual education during the COVID-19 pandemic

The objective of this research was to analyze the attitude of the students of the National Amazonian University of Madre de Dios towards virtual education in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research focus was quantitative, the non-experimental design and the descriptive transitional type of design. The sample consisted of 154 students of both sexes from the professional education, career and was determined by means of a stratified probabilistic sampling. The instrument used for data collection was the Scale of Attitudes towards virtual education, which has the required reliability and validity. Based on the results, it was shown that the majority of students present an attitude of indifference towards virtual education and statistically significant differences were found between the sex and age of the students.