The Stress Levels of Adopting New Educational Technologies and Its Impact on the Academic Performance of University Students in the UAE

Abstract

Academic stress represents the primary stressor affecting the mental well-being of university students. When someone hears the term stress, they immediately think of anxiety, depressive symptoms, and various other serious disorders. The correlation between stress and academic performance has been extensively discussed in the existing literature. However, one significant aspect of this relationship, which is of crucial significance, has not been addressed. The identified paper is a comprehensive and explanatory study specifically focusing on UAE’s university students to better comprehend the correlation between stress and academic achievement. Therefore, research’s objective is to conduct the study further and do detail research analysis in order to understand whether or not stress contributes to the outcome of academic success. This research design used to answer the research questions is an analysis and evaluation using the explanatory method (survey) of research using the quantitative approach. The deployment method used in this research paper is cross-sectional which as we used a small sample size in a short time from for a large population. The short random sample was derived of university students in in United Arab Emirates only. This sample size will be demonstrated in the upcoming survey using a frequency method namely online survey. the confounding variables in this research are not considered that influence an academic performance between stress and academic performance. The only variables considered in this research are Independent, dependent, moderating and mediating. This research paper bridges a crucial gap in the study between stress and academic success specifically in the United Arab Emirates. Although numerous things affect academic performance, stress could be a crucial one.