Abstract
The world has experienced a tremendous impact over the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the impacts is the change in the learning system from offline classes to online classes. Not a few studies say that online learning impacts students' psychology, one of which is academic stress. This study examines the effect of academic stress on positive mental health in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 76 psychology students in Central Java, Indonesia, participated in this study. The results show a significant effect of academic stress on positive mental health in students during online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The implications of the results of this study are discussed in detail
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic that has occurred worldwide is an extraordinary event that affects many aspects of life
This study examines the effect of each dimension of academic stress, including teacher stress, result stress, stress tests, a study in groups stress, peer stress, time management stress, and self-inflicted stress on positive mental health
While the negative correlation value between the dimensions of the academic stress variable and positive mental health starts from -0.269 to -0.579
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic that has occurred worldwide is an extraordinary event that affects many aspects of life. Previous research has empirically proven its impact on aspects of education (Aji, 2020), economy (Nasution et al, 2020), tourism (Sugihamretha, 2020), agriculture (Ulya, 2020), to the workforce (Syahrial, 2020). One of the most significant impacts is on aspects of education worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted school closures worldwide to anticipate the spread of the virus. Since March 2020, the school closure policy in Indonesia has been implemented simultaneously in all regions. As of the time this paper was written, it has been 21 months or almost two years since the school implemented distance learning with an online system
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