Student Anxiety and Perception of Management in Higher Education Institutions in Iberoamerica during the Pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-441

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academic anxiety, Covid-19, students, higher education, institutional management, recommendation, academic modality, mental health

Abstract

Introduction: The study aims to measure, from the perspective of university students, the level of formative anxiety and assessment of the management carried out by higher education institutions in Ibero-America during the first weeks of confinement before COVID-19. Methodology: The work was based on an online survey applied to 523 students from higher education institutions in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Conclusions: The study points to the need for higher education institutions to promote institutional actions (academic and administrative) that improve the psycho-social well-being of their students.

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Author Biographies

Elias Said-Hung, International University of La Rioja

Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, member of the research group Socio-educational and Intercultural Inclusion, Society and Media (SIMI), director of the Master's Degree in Inclusive and Intercultural Education and editor of the Spanish Journal of Pedagogy of the International University of La Rioja (UNIR).

Eva Matarín Rodríguez-Peral, Rey Juan Carlos University

Sociologist and PhD in Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Public Relations. Accredited by ANECA as Associate Professor and Private University Professor. She is a professor of Sociology at the URJC. Member of the Recognized Teaching Innovation Group in Sociology (GIDSOC). She has published articles in indexed journals and book chapters in prestigious publishers. Her lines of research focus on the analysis of communication about social groups.

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Published

2024-07-30

How to Cite

Said-Hung, E., & Matarín Rodríguez-Peral, E. (2024). Student Anxiety and Perception of Management in Higher Education Institutions in Iberoamerica during the Pandemic. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 9, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-441

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Humanism and Social Sciences