STRESS IN ONLINE LEARNING DURING THE PANDEMIC OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to class-room educational activities. Educational institutions are promoting online educa-tion to ensure continuity of education. However, online education is a new trend that may create some concern for teachers and students. The purposes of the study were to investigate the level of students’ stress in online learning and to study factors related to students’ stress in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The samples were 65 students selected by the purposive sampling technique. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard de-viation, and Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study re-vealed that students’ readiness for online learning was at a high level, while en-vironment, barriers to online communication, and stress in online learning were at moderate levels. In addition, there were relationships between readiness for online learning and stress in online learning (p<0.05, r = -.252), environment and stress in online learning (p<0.01, r = .666), and barriers to online communi-cation and stress in online learning (p<0.01, r = .674).