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How has the lack of face-to-face interaction during online learning affected the mental health of students? @UoWMediaFilm #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity #ZoomFatigue #MentalHealthMatters #OnlineUniversity #Covid #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth #RemoteLearning (1/10)

@UoWMediaFilm Together over the last year, we’ve found that nothing compares to face-to-face interaction as we had to turn to virtual interaction instead, so we were interested in the effect this has had on student mental health. #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity (2/10)

To first investigate if there has been an effect, we sent a survey to our peers. 42.9% of students stated their mental health has been impacted by online learning “a little”, 38.1% choose “majorly” and 0% said there had been no change at all. #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity (3/10)

We then asked if they thought the change had been positive or negative, to which an overwhelming 85.7% stated it was negative compared to the 14.3% who said it had had a positive effect. #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity (4/10)

We understand this may not be a comprehensive study that completely reflects the feelings of all students as we only had 21 participants, but it communicates massively the effect that online learning has had. #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity (5/10)

Our research actually corresponds to similar findings from the US National Library of Medicine as they regularly survey young adults and students on their ongoing general mental health and conditions. #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity (6/10)

In their study, 57.1% believed that online learning was more stressful and the other 42.9% said they found it to be less stressful. This is worrying as a prolonged increase in stress like this could lead to more severe mental health issues. #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity (7/10)

They also asked about stress related to the Covid-19 outbreak in general, in which 71% of participants indicated increased stress, showing a substantial impact on the health of young adults. #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity (8/10)

A limitation of this however is that it was conducted in the USA, where restrictive measures have differed greatly between states, so it is difficult to generalise findings to UK students specifically. #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity (9/10)

Thank you very much for reading! If you would like to do some further research into the topic, check out bit.ly/31eKjLo #UoWMediaCon2021 #Zoomaversity (10/10)

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