Effects of Covid-19 on Students

Examination on the stress levels experienced by students before and after Covid-19.

Students were asked to rate their stress level on a scale of 0 to 6, with 0 no stress, and 6 being a life changing inensity of stress

Graph 1

There was a general increase in stress levels for students during Covid-19. Prior to the lockdown, the average stress rating was located in the lower half of the distribution. The change resulted in a distribution that was skewed towards the higher levels. The homework stress had a higher average compared to the classwork stress both before and during Covid-19.

This graph splits the responses up by the respondent’s current learning environment to show if different environments experienced stress differently

Graph 2

This graph splits the responses up by the respondent’s current learning environment to show if different environments experienced stress differently

Compared to the first graph, the environment with the highest amount of people in it has similar distributions. Despite fewer data points for the hybrid and physical spaces, there are a few differences between them. Students in physical learning environments had the highest average stress level with class work. Students in virtual learning spaces experienced less stress when compared to the homework stress.

Graph 3

This graph represents the stress levels experienced by each gender, split between classwork and homework stresses. Males have a higher average stress level in both categories compared to females, although the students who prefer not to specify have the highest average. The largest difference between genders is in the classwork stress. The highest concentration for females is among the lower ranges for stress, while males have it as the highest value. Within the homework stress the concentration for females follows the same general shape, albeit at a wider distribution.

Conclusions

Overall, the comparison between before covid and the present shows a clear increase in stress around both classwork and homework. Males experienced a higher average stress compared to females.