Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depression Among the Undergraduate Students Learning Online During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Gender-Based Analysis
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Published: 09 January 2023

Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depression Among the Undergraduate Students Learning Online During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Gender-Based Analysis

Ana Mariana, Bram Hadianto, Nur Nur, Karen Karen

Maranatha Christian University

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10.31014/aior.1991.06.01.390

Pages: 23-31

Keywords: Depression, Gender, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, The Covid-19 Pandemic, Virtual Learning

Abstract

This investigation attempts to verify the difference in generalized anxiety disorder and depression among undergraduate students learning online during the COVID-19 pandemic based on gender. Moreover, to accomplish this aim, this study utilizes 271 undergraduate students with batches 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 in the management department at the Business Faculty of Maranatha Christian University, Bandung, as the samples. The survey to obtain the students' data was from September until October 2021. Besides, the data are analyzed by the difference examination. After examining their response by independent samples t-test, this study demonstrates that females have higher generalized anxiety disorder and depression levels than males.

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