Table 2 Descriptive statistics of stressors and related items among university students in Belgium, April–May 2020 (N = 18,301)
‘Stressor’ / related items | Category or scale | Statistic |
|---|---|---|
‘Fear of being infected’: | mean (SD) | |
Concern of being infected | 0 (not at all) -10 (very) | 4.5 (2.7) |
Concern of becoming severely ill because of COVID | 4.5 (2.9) | |
Concern of infection in personal network | 7.4 (2.2) | |
Concern of someone in personal network becoming severely ill because of COVID-19 | 7.8 (2.3) | |
‘Concern of health services running out of supplies’ | 5.1 (2.8) | |
Prop. (%) | ||
‘level of boredom’ | none of the time | 33.5 |
some of the time | 36.3 | |
most of the time | 21.4 | |
all of the time | 8.8 | |
‘COVID-19 related academic stress’: | ||
Increase in academic workload | strongly agree | 35.6 |
agree | 30.9 | |
neither agree nor disagree | 18.2 | |
disagree | 11.9 | |
strongly disagree | 3.4 | |
Course expectations are less clear | strongly agree | 35.6 |
agree | 39.5 | |
neither agree nor disagree | 11.9 | |
disagree | 10.8 | |
strongly disagree | 2.2 | |
Interference with academic performance | strongly agree | 38.2 |
agree | 30.5 | |
neither agree nor disagree | 14.4 | |
disagree | 13.1 | |
strongly disagree | 3.9 | |
Change in teaching methods causes distress | strongly agree | 40.9 |
agree | 33.3 | |
neither agree nor disagree | 12.9 | |
disagree | 9.8 | |
strongly disagree | 3.2 | |
‘COVID-19 related institutional (dis)satisfaction’: | ||
Perceived decrease in quality of education | strongly agree | 20.7 |
agree | 29.8 | |
neither agree nor disagree | 28.3 | |
disagree | 17.7 | |
strongly disagree | 3.5 | |
Sufficient information about changes due to COVID | strongly agree | 11.0 |
agree | 41.2 | |
neither agree nor disagree | 24.0 | |
disagree | 16.7 | |
strongly disagree | 5.2 | |
Adequate implementation of protective measures | strongly agree | 12.6 |
agree | 42.2 | |
neither agree nor disagree | 27.5 | |
disagree | 12.7 | |
strongly disagree | 5.1 | |
University staff is accessible to share concerns | strongly agree | 6.8 |
agree | 25.5 | |
neither agree nor disagree | 34.2 | |
disagree | 21.7 | |
strongly disagree | 11.8 | |
‘Sufficient financial resources to cover expenses’ | strongly agree | 40.1 |
agree | 33.0 | |
neither agree nor disagree | 12.5 | |
disagree | 9.6 | |
strongly disagree | 3.9 | |
‘The participant reported hiding symptoms from others’ | 37.5 | |