Factors Influencing Psychological Distress Mediated by E-Learning Courses in Times of Covid-19

ABSTRACT

The main objective of this research is to determine the influence of factors associated with psychological distress, such as the personal impact of e-learning, depression, and computer anxiety on the student, mediated by the courses in the methodology of e-learning in times of Covid-19. The methodology used for the study corresponds to a non-experimental investigation;the questionnaire was applied to a convenience sample of 397 university students (n = 41;α = 0.971 ω = 0.971), using validity and reliability tests, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis through structural equation modeling of partial least squares (PLS-SEM). The results have shown a statistically significant effect between the student's computer anxiety and psychological distress, e-learning and depression and e-learning courses. While e-learning and depression establish, a statistically significant relationship in the individual impact of e-learning and psychological distress;while there is a significant influence relationship between e-learning and depression and the individual impact of e-learning and psychological distress. On the contrary, e-learning and depression do not influence, according to the study, e-learning courses;likewise, the individual impact of e-learning on psychological distress. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.