LearninCov - Learning in pandemic times: Anxiety, cognitive capacities and decision-making of university students
Head :
Timothée Demont, Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Eva Raiber, Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Eva Raiber, Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Last update : 01/15/2021 | Version : 1 | ID : 73894
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | Learning in pandemic times: Anxiety, cognitive capacities and decision-making of university students |
| Sign or acronym | LearninCov |
| CNIL registration number, number and date of CPP agreement, AFSSAPS (French Health Products Safety Agency) authorisation | 2-20970 |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
Infectious diseases Psychology and psychiatry |
| Study in connection with Covid-19 |
Yes |
| Health determinants |
Lifestyle and behavior Social and psychosocial factors |
| Keywords | Anxiety; Cognition; Covid-19; Decision-making; Mental health; Risk; Uncertainty |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Timothée |
| Surname | Demont |
| Address |
5 Boulevard Bourdet, CS 50498 13205 Marseille Cedex 01 (France) |
| Phone | + 33 (0)4 13552542 |
| timothee.demont@univ-amu.fr | |
| Unit | Aix-Marseille School of Economics |
| Organization | Aix-Marseille Université |
| Name of the director | Eva |
| Surname | Raiber |
| Address |
5 Boulevard Bourdet, CS 50498 13205 Marseille Cedex 01 (France) |
| eva.raiber@univ-amu.fr | |
| Unit | Aix-Marseille School of Economics |
| Organization | Aix-Marseille Université |
| Collaborations | |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Public |
| Details | AMSE; ANR |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | AMSE |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Presence of scientific or steering committees |
Yes |
| Labelling and database evaluation | DPD CNRS; AMU ethics committee; AMSE scientific direction |
| Additional contact | |
| Name of the contact | Laurence |
| Surname | Bouvard |
| Address |
5 Boulevard Bourdet, CS 50498 13205 Marseille Cedex 01 (France) |
| Phone | +33(0)4 13 55 25 33 |
| laurence.bouvard@univ-amu.fr | |
| Unit | Aix-Marseille School of Economics |
| Organization | Aix-Marseille Université |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Case control study |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
An administrative base or a register |
| Base or register (detail) | AMU students |
| Database recruitment is is made on the basis of: |
Another treatment or procedure |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
Yes |
| Details |
Performed at individual level |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective |
This research project aims at better understanding the consequences of this major, sudden, and society-wide shock on university students who, by definition, are at the doorstep of their professional life and need substantial cognitive resources to make the most of their university training. We investigate the following question: Does the anxiety generated by the Covid-19 pandemic affect the learning and decision-making capacities of students and, if yes, by how much and through which channels? We specifically test the impact of the negative labor-market and social consequences of the Covid-19 crisis on students’ cognitive abilities, confidence and locus of control, expectations, risk preferences, and mental health.
In order to uncover mechanisms and allow sharper recommendations about student support policies, our study is designed to quantify the relative importance of worries regarding future labor-market opportunities and the impairment of social life and network, test the role of the competitive pressure, and perform a variety of heterogeneity analyses to identify particularly vulnerable groups such as female, low economic background and depression-prone students. |
| Inclusion criteria |
The survey will include around 2,000 randomly-selected students from different faculties and at different stages of their studies at the Aix-Marseille University (AMU). The student body at the AMU is diverse with regard to gender composition and socio-economic background of the students. Accessing participants of different characteristics and from different fields and levels of study will allow us to uncover the underlying mechanisms.
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| Population type | |
| Age |
Adulthood (19 to 24 years) |
| Population covered |
General population |
| Pathology | |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
Regional |
| French regions covered by the database |
Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 2021 |
| Date of last collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 2021 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
[1000-10 000[ individuals |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Current data collection |
| Type of data collected |
Declarative data Utility / preference data |
| Declarative data (detail) |
Internet self-questionnaire |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Procedures | |
| Followed pathology | |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Access | |
| Access to aggregated data |
Free access |
