TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the relationship between mental health-related problems and undergraduate student dropout: A case study within a civil engineering program
AU - Savio, A.A. Del
AU - Galantini Velarde, Katerina
AU - Pachas, Alejandra
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Civil Engineering Program from Universidad de Lima, who was eager to share the data that made this study possible. Their support has been invaluable to understand each specific case of withdrawal—also, major gratitude to Universidad de Lima, who made possible the conducting of this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s)
PY - 2022/5/1
Y1 - 2022/5/1
N2 - Dropout has always been a concerning issue within higher education. This research explores the relationship between mental health-related problems and undergraduate students’ dropout rates amid the COVID-19 pandemic and within a civil engineering program. The study is quantitative descriptive, with a non-experimental and longitudinal design. Results show that the dropout rates of civil engineering students from a private university have increased, comparing before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily due to mental health-related problems. Three strong tendencies within these rates have been detected, directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was concluded that undergraduate students’ mental health had been undermined due to the pandemics, which has had an immediate impact on the increase of dropout rates.
AB - Dropout has always been a concerning issue within higher education. This research explores the relationship between mental health-related problems and undergraduate students’ dropout rates amid the COVID-19 pandemic and within a civil engineering program. The study is quantitative descriptive, with a non-experimental and longitudinal design. Results show that the dropout rates of civil engineering students from a private university have increased, comparing before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily due to mental health-related problems. Three strong tendencies within these rates have been detected, directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was concluded that undergraduate students’ mental health had been undermined due to the pandemics, which has had an immediate impact on the increase of dropout rates.
KW - Undergraduate dropout
KW - Dropout rates
KW - Mental health
KW - COVID-19
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12724/17859
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/ea435fd8-c1f8-3281-a7c8-d327b556c515/
U2 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09504
DO - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09504
M3 - Artículo (Contribución a Revista)
VL - 8
JO - Heliyon
JF - Heliyon
IS - 5
M1 - e09504
ER -
