Factores psicológicos que afectan el rendimiento académico en el tiempo de pandemia desde la óptica de jóvenes entre 20-25 años pertenecientes a una universidad privada de Quito

Abstract

The psychological factors that affect performance in the time of the pandemic is a topic on which no previous research has been carried out, given that Covid-19 has been affecting the

population for about two years, which is why this event is very recent worldwide and affected in various areas of life, especially in the education and learning of students because they have gone from face-to-face to virtual education, thus affecting their academic performance.

The objective of the research is to analyze the incidence of psychological factors that affect the academic performance of university students in the time of the pandemic from the collection of information through interviews. The methodological perspective used in the research is qualitative, since through data collection and analysis it will be possible to identify the main psychological factors that affect academic performance.

The research design will be cross-sectional and the tool used for data collection is the interview, which was applied to UPS students in the age range of 20-25 years, so a sample was taken from 15 students of 9th semester, group 1, psychology career of the redesign curriculum.

The results obtained indicate that 90% of the interviewed population presented stress, worry, insomnia, anxiety, depression, frustration and low self-esteem due to the learning process they had during the period of confinement, since education was virtual and students they felt little motivation to continue studying and this affected their learning; therefore, their academic performance was affected.