REMOTE EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC STRESS IN PERUVIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN TIMES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

ABSTRACT

The study was based on the evaluation of the correlation between remote education and academic stress in Peruvian university students in times of the covid-19 pandemic. The methodology used considered that the study according to its type was basic, with a quantitative approach, a correlational level and a non-experimental design. The universe of study was made up of 230 students of the administration career of a Peruvian university. A probabilistic sampling was carried out, considering that the size of the population was known, resulting in a sample of 144 students. The survey was used as a technique and the questionnaire was used as a data collection instrument, of which two were made, the first for the remote education variable, with 27 questions related to the variable and the second for the academic stress variable, adapted according to the SISCO Inventory, also with 27 questions. In both questionnaires, the questions had 5 response options according to a Likert-type scale. The descriptive analysis of the results was performed by calculating absolute and relative frequencies. The data were subjected to the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to determine their normality. The inferential analysis was performed using the Spearman's Rho statistic.