Mental Breakdown: Measuring the Impact of Online Classes on the Mental Health of the Third-Year Industrial Technology Students of Capiz State University-Main Campus

Abstract

Mental health is one of the crucial issues in this generation. The World of Health Organization defines mental health as “a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stress of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community”. A person’s mental stability manipulates how a person’s social, economic, and physical environment operates. Healthy mental health does not correspond to a lack of mental disorders. Distance learning is new to most students nowadays. Major adjustments have been done to effectively observe and learn in this new normal. The researchers conducted a survey, and the results showed that there is no significant difference between mental health and online classes. Results also revealed that there is no difference in the mental health of the respondents when they are grouped according to their demographic profile. The respondents’ mental health in terms of emotional well-being and social well-being is high or stable while in terms of psychological well-being, it is moderate.

Keywords: Mental health, Online classes, Distance learning, Descriptive-correlational, COVID-19