The impact of COVID-19 on student academic performance

ABSTRACT

The present study widened the pandemic's mental health response by examining the impact of learning format, depression, and anxiety on college students' academic performance during COVID-19. The study consisted of 222 college students who responded to survey measures through online survey platforms Qualtrics and Amazon Mechanical Turk. The study utilized a multiple regression design and consisted of three measures: The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 and a questionnaire assessing online disruptions during the pandemic. The hypotheses for this study are as follows pandemic anxiety would have a negative influence on the respondent's academic performance (research question one), there will be a significant negative correlation between pandemic depression and academic performance (research question two), there will be a significant negative correlation between grades and academic performance (research question three), and during the pandemic, computer devices have interfered with the participants' ability to access online learning (research question four). The study's results showed the following Regarding research question one, pandemic anxiety was found to negatively impact student academic performance. Research question two showed that college students who scored higher on the depression measure had higher GPAs than college students who scored lower on the depression measure. Research question three showed that the COVID-19 pandemic increased students' academic performance. Research question four showed that college students who experienced higher levels of computer device interference that affected their ability to access online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic had a higher GPA than college students who endorsed experiencing low computer device interference. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)