Abstract

GAETA GONZALEZ, Martha Leticia; RODRIGUEZ GUARDADO, María del Socorro  and  GAETA GONZALEZ, Laura. Emotional effects and coping strategies in Mexican university students during Covid-19. Educ. Educ. [online]. 2022, vol.25, n.1, e2512.  Epub June 24, 2022. ISSN 0123-1294.  https://doi.org/10.5294/edu.2022.25.1.2.

This study focused on analyzing the emotional effects and coping strategies among Mexican university students during Covid-19 confinement. Participants were 1,290 students from different Higher Education Institutions, who answered an online self-report questionnaire. We carried out descriptive, comparative by gender, and regression analyses. Results indicated gratitude, joy, and hope as the primary emotions experienced by university students. However, women experienced more emotions associated with uncertainty, including anxiety. The coping strategies implemented with more frequency were those that contributed to the reinterpretation of the situation. Different factors, such as living with the family, walking/running, having a personal study space, and technological resources, favored positive emotions. On the contrary, having to go to the doctor was the main vulnerability factor associated with fear, sadness, anxiety, and confusion. From these results, it is necessary to plan educational and social actions to support young people to best cope with this complex reality. It implies adjustments to the educational experience and the relational life in general, considering that adverse situations can also lead students to have positive experiences for the continuity of their online studies.

Keywords : Emotions; behavior; higher education; university student; pandemic.

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