Mental Health Stressors in Higher Education Instructors and Students in Mexico During the Emergency Remote Teaching Implementation due to COVID-19
The COVID 19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the physical and emotional health of the population. In the case of specific populations, such as students and instructors, the change in the teaching-learning model has required both groups to adapt to online learning platforms and modify all ac...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-06-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Education |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.670400/full |
id |
doaj-5c2ea10af83c4a13bea8629be7632c1b |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-5c2ea10af83c4a13bea8629be7632c1b2021-06-14T05:16:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2021-06-01610.3389/feduc.2021.670400670400Mental Health Stressors in Higher Education Instructors and Students in Mexico During the Emergency Remote Teaching Implementation due to COVID-19Rogelio Zapata-Garibay0Rogelio Zapata-Garibay1Jesús Eduardo González-Fagoaga2Jesús Eduardo González-Fagoaga3Ahmed Ali Asadi-González4Julio Román Martínez-Alvarado5Silvia M. Chavez-Baray6Ismael Plascencia-López7Clara Judith González-Fagoaga8Healthy Border Program, US-Mexico Border Health Commission, Tijuana, MexicoFacultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, MexicoHealthy Border Program, US-Mexico Border Health Commission, Tijuana, MexicoFacultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, MexicoFacultad de Medicina y Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, MexicoFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, MexicoThe University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United StatesFacultad de Contaduría y Administración, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, MexicoEscuela Internacional de Negocios, Universidad Anáhuac, Cancún, MexicoThe COVID 19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the physical and emotional health of the population. In the case of specific populations, such as students and instructors, the change in the teaching-learning model has required both groups to adapt to online learning platforms and modify all academic activities in the context of implementing the emergency remote education model. The relevance of mental health has been continually neglected; however, due to the COVID-19 epidemiological outbreak, the impact of confinement on populations’ mental health has been incorporated into public discussion. In particular, the health emergency’s impact on health workers in the first line of care has been highlighted. The effect of mental health on the lockdown population and those encouraged to work from home, a group in which university professors and students are located, has been emphasized. To understand the changes faced by higher education instructors and students, derived from the implementation of the emergency remote teaching model in the context of the pandemic, we developed a study to investigate the experiences of this sector, with particular emphasis on the mental health stressors associated with their academic activities. We examined indicators related to anxiety, depression, motivation-demotivation, coping, and contextual and family conditions that could generate stress in the teaching-learning process during the emergency remote teaching model. We recruited a sample of 1,040 participants (380 instructors and 660 students) from more than 97 universities and 118 academic programs across the country. As a result, we have found that teachers have faced less difficulty with the teaching-learning model changes and how they deal with confinement. Similarly, this study has identified that women in general, both instructors and students, have more significant signs and symptoms related to mental health conditions, while men, both instructors, and students, resent the lack of socialization in the work and study centers environments.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.670400/fullmental health stressorsemergency remote teachinghigher educationMexicoCOVID-19 |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Rogelio Zapata-Garibay Rogelio Zapata-Garibay Jesús Eduardo González-Fagoaga Jesús Eduardo González-Fagoaga Ahmed Ali Asadi-González Julio Román Martínez-Alvarado Silvia M. Chavez-Baray Ismael Plascencia-López Clara Judith González-Fagoaga |
spellingShingle |
Rogelio Zapata-Garibay Rogelio Zapata-Garibay Jesús Eduardo González-Fagoaga Jesús Eduardo González-Fagoaga Ahmed Ali Asadi-González Julio Román Martínez-Alvarado Silvia M. Chavez-Baray Ismael Plascencia-López Clara Judith González-Fagoaga Mental Health Stressors in Higher Education Instructors and Students in Mexico During the Emergency Remote Teaching Implementation due to COVID-19 Frontiers in Education mental health stressors emergency remote teaching higher education Mexico COVID-19 |
author_facet |
Rogelio Zapata-Garibay Rogelio Zapata-Garibay Jesús Eduardo González-Fagoaga Jesús Eduardo González-Fagoaga Ahmed Ali Asadi-González Julio Román Martínez-Alvarado Silvia M. Chavez-Baray Ismael Plascencia-López Clara Judith González-Fagoaga |
author_sort |
Rogelio Zapata-Garibay |
title |
Mental Health Stressors in Higher Education Instructors and Students in Mexico During the Emergency Remote Teaching Implementation due to COVID-19 |
title_short |
Mental Health Stressors in Higher Education Instructors and Students in Mexico During the Emergency Remote Teaching Implementation due to COVID-19 |
title_full |
Mental Health Stressors in Higher Education Instructors and Students in Mexico During the Emergency Remote Teaching Implementation due to COVID-19 |
title_fullStr |
Mental Health Stressors in Higher Education Instructors and Students in Mexico During the Emergency Remote Teaching Implementation due to COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Mental Health Stressors in Higher Education Instructors and Students in Mexico During the Emergency Remote Teaching Implementation due to COVID-19 |
title_sort |
mental health stressors in higher education instructors and students in mexico during the emergency remote teaching implementation due to covid-19 |
publisher |
Frontiers Media S.A. |
series |
Frontiers in Education |
issn |
2504-284X |
publishDate |
2021-06-01 |
description |
The COVID 19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the physical and emotional health of the population. In the case of specific populations, such as students and instructors, the change in the teaching-learning model has required both groups to adapt to online learning platforms and modify all academic activities in the context of implementing the emergency remote education model. The relevance of mental health has been continually neglected; however, due to the COVID-19 epidemiological outbreak, the impact of confinement on populations’ mental health has been incorporated into public discussion. In particular, the health emergency’s impact on health workers in the first line of care has been highlighted. The effect of mental health on the lockdown population and those encouraged to work from home, a group in which university professors and students are located, has been emphasized. To understand the changes faced by higher education instructors and students, derived from the implementation of the emergency remote teaching model in the context of the pandemic, we developed a study to investigate the experiences of this sector, with particular emphasis on the mental health stressors associated with their academic activities. We examined indicators related to anxiety, depression, motivation-demotivation, coping, and contextual and family conditions that could generate stress in the teaching-learning process during the emergency remote teaching model. We recruited a sample of 1,040 participants (380 instructors and 660 students) from more than 97 universities and 118 academic programs across the country. As a result, we have found that teachers have faced less difficulty with the teaching-learning model changes and how they deal with confinement. Similarly, this study has identified that women in general, both instructors and students, have more significant signs and symptoms related to mental health conditions, while men, both instructors, and students, resent the lack of socialization in the work and study centers environments. |
topic |
mental health stressors emergency remote teaching higher education Mexico COVID-19 |
url |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.670400/full |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT rogeliozapatagaribay mentalhealthstressorsinhighereducationinstructorsandstudentsinmexicoduringtheemergencyremoteteachingimplementationduetocovid19 AT rogeliozapatagaribay mentalhealthstressorsinhighereducationinstructorsandstudentsinmexicoduringtheemergencyremoteteachingimplementationduetocovid19 AT jesuseduardogonzalezfagoaga mentalhealthstressorsinhighereducationinstructorsandstudentsinmexicoduringtheemergencyremoteteachingimplementationduetocovid19 AT jesuseduardogonzalezfagoaga mentalhealthstressorsinhighereducationinstructorsandstudentsinmexicoduringtheemergencyremoteteachingimplementationduetocovid19 AT ahmedaliasadigonzalez mentalhealthstressorsinhighereducationinstructorsandstudentsinmexicoduringtheemergencyremoteteachingimplementationduetocovid19 AT julioromanmartinezalvarado mentalhealthstressorsinhighereducationinstructorsandstudentsinmexicoduringtheemergencyremoteteachingimplementationduetocovid19 AT silviamchavezbaray mentalhealthstressorsinhighereducationinstructorsandstudentsinmexicoduringtheemergencyremoteteachingimplementationduetocovid19 AT ismaelplascencialopez mentalhealthstressorsinhighereducationinstructorsandstudentsinmexicoduringtheemergencyremoteteachingimplementationduetocovid19 AT clarajudithgonzalezfagoaga mentalhealthstressorsinhighereducationinstructorsandstudentsinmexicoduringtheemergencyremoteteachingimplementationduetocovid19 |
_version_ |
1721378692680122368 |