Systematic Review on the Academic Stresses of College Students in Blended Instruction

This meta-synthesis attempts to identify the stresses concerning college students' blended-learning environments and synthesize coping strategies they use deal with stress in various cultural contexts. Out of 200 initial studies gathered using Publish or Perish software, 50 articles were included. The selected organized Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) flow diagram. Using Braun Clarke’s six-step thematic analysis, synthesized data analyzed which have emerged three themes, namely: concerns, challenges, mechanisms. Results indicated that levels, whether a face-to-face hybrid setting, negatively impacted their academic performance. lack Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills, restricted computer access, spending lot time on screen make students more anxious. rapid transition from involvement blended learning environment influences perception efforts. It is recommended actions should be considered lessen students’ enhance online process.