Lyceum Northwestern University

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Brian Baggayan
Raven Dale Estrada
Elmer John Maminta
Abigail Ubando
Arjuna Vasquez

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), popularly known as COVID-

19, was first identified in late December 2019 from Wuhan, China (Temsah et al., 2020),
which spread then more than 200 countries (Shen et al., 2020). The World Health Organiz-
ation (WHO) immediately announced the situations global pandemic on March 11, 2020 As
of 5 July 2020, a total number of 11,125,245 global confirmed cases with 203,836 new cases
and total of 528,204 deaths were reported (WHO, 2020). Since COVID-19 was declared as a
global pandemic, public health, including mental health, has become threat. Millions of
people, including researchers, academic, corporate personnel as well as students, were
forced by the national governments to stay safe isolating themselves or implementing whole
and/or partial lockdown globally.

One research study from Indonesia by Andi Wahyu Irawan, Dwisona, and Mardi Lestari uses
a qualitative research type of phenomenology. The research subjects were 30 students of
Mulawarman University who were interviewed via telephone.
The research findings show that the psychological impact of students on online learning
during the COVID-19 pandemic, namely (1) students are bored with online learning after the
first two weeks of learning from home, (2) considerable anxiety on research subjects whose
parents have low income, because they have to buy a quota to be able to take part in online
learning, and (3) emotional disturbances are indicated by changes in mood or mood caused
by too many assignments that are considered ineffective by students
Another research study by Farzan Sasangohar, BA, BCS, MASc, SM, PhD (Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering Texas A&M University) conducted interview surveys with
195 students at a large public university in the United States to understand the effects of the
pandemic on their mental health and well-being. Their data were analyzed through
quantitative and qualitative methods.
Of the 195 students, 138 (71%) indicated increased stress and anxiety due to the COVID-19
outbreak. Multiple stressors were identified that contributed to the increased levels of
stress, anxiety, and depressive thoughts among students. These included fear and worry
about their own health and of their loved ones (177/195, 91% reported negative impacts of
the pandemic), difficulty in concentrating (173/195, 89%), disruptions to sleeping patterns
(168/195, 86%), decreased social interactions due to physical distancing (167/195, 86%),
and increased concerns on academic performance (159/195, 82%).
Another research in Malaysia by Sheela Sundarasen , Karuthan Chinna, Kamilah Kamaludin ,
Mohammad Nurunnabi ,Gul Mohammad Baloch , Heba Bakr Khoshaim , Syed Far Abid
Hossain and Areej Sukayt shows that by using cross-sectional online survey, using Zung’s
self-rating anxiety questionnaire was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic and
lockdown. Out of the 983 respondents, 20.4%, 6.6%, and 2.8% experienced minimal to
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moderate, marked to severe, and most extreme levels of anxiety. Female gender (OR =
21.456, 95% CI = 1.061, 1.998,p = 0.020), age below 18 years (OR = 4.147, 95% CI = 1.331,
12.918, p = 0.014), age 19 to 25 (OR = 3.398, 95% CI = 1.431, 8.066, p = 0.006), pre-
university level of education (OR = 2.882, 95% CI = 1.212, 6.854, p = 0.017), management
studies (OR = 2.278, 95% CI = 1.526, 3.399, p < 0.001), and staying alone (OR = 2.208, 95% CI
= 1.127, 4.325, p = 0.021) were significantly associated with higher levels of anxiety.The
main stressors include financial constraints, remote online teaching and uncertainty about
the future with regard to academics and career. Stressors are predominantly financial
constraints, remote online learning, and uncertainty related to their academic performance,
and future career prospects.
Those 3 mentioned research studies from Indonesia, Texas and Malaysia about the
psychological effects of COVID-19 to their students finds that there is a very big impact on
their psychological health. A study in Indonesia claims that there are 3 psychological impacts
on their students which are anxiety, boredom and emotional disturbances while a study in
Malaysia tests the level of Anxiety of their students through Zung's self-rating questionnaire
by means of age and gender and a research study from Texas confirms the multiple
stressors that contributed to the increased levels of stress and anxiety of their students.

We conclude, as a group that due to the timely pandemic situation on SARS COV 2, or more
widely known as COVID 19 that it has a huge impact to all of us. Specifically, the college
students on the three studies that is presented. Many college students suffered
psychological distress due to some shortcomings to the new implented “E-Learning System”
or the “Online Learning System”. A lot of shortcomings were already encountered by the
most of students.

Unfortunately, not all students have a fast and strong internet connection. That made them
unavailable to attend ontime on classes and others can’t join at all due to internet
connection problems. Also having no device at all to attend online learning classes. Even in
“Modular Learning System” there are reported cases that students took their own lives for
the reason that they have failed to submit their modular activities ontime to the instructor.
It is really devastating that they experienced the frustration that leads to depression, that
resulted to taking their own lives.

A lot parents and breadwinners who lost their jobs, also proprietors that lost their sales
caused a lot of financial crisis into funding the online learning devices and to still pursue to
enroll despite of a huge amount of tuition fees. It is really the fear of being left behind that
caused the students to have more anxiety, if they can still manage to study despite of this
crisis and hindrances.

We also believe that all of us, specially students misses how physical classes was. It was
hollistic and more fun way of learning. To physically meet your school friends, to help one
another to certain tasks at school. To asks professors instantly when you need help, without
hindrances. This pandemic crisis, truly affected the psychological state of students, it is the
fear of getting left behind and the anxiety on when will this pandemic crisis will end until we
can get back to our normal lives. We hope that this struggles of us will end soon.