Abstract

ARAOZ, Edwin Gustavo Estrada  and  RAMOS, Néstor Antonio Gallegos. Emotional exhaustion in Peruvian university students in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Educ. Form. [online]. 2022, vol.7, e6759.  Epub Dec 01, 2021. ISSN 2448-3583.  https://doi.org/10.25053/redufor.v7i1.6759.

The present research aimed to describe the emotional exhaustion of Peruvian university students from the professional career of Education in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The approach was quantitative, the design was non-experimental, and the type was descriptive, cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 232 students, to whom the Emotional Exhaustion Scale (2007) was applied, an instrument with adequate levels of reliability and validity. According to the results, the majority of students showed high levels of emotional fatigue and it was determined that the prevalence of this variable was significantly associated with the sex and age group of the students (p <0.05). It was concluded the need for experts of the Psychopedagogy area of the university to identify students who suffer from emotional fatigue and apply preventive programs to reduce the prevalence of this phenomenon and recover the students’ psychological well-being.

Keywords : emotional exhaustion; students; university education; Covid-19.

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