Students' lack of social interaction exacerbates an already present sense of isolation and alienation to their peers and family, which has an effect on the students' academic performance and progression. Explanatory sequential analysis was employed to investigate the impact of academic, familial distress and adjustment to different mental health outcomes based on the dual continua model. While qualitative method is used to understand the nuances of the experiences on blended learning approach in the post pandemic transition. Among the 350 senior high school students, flourishing group accounted for the lowest proportion (21.14%), followed by the languishing group (39.72%) and the moderately mentally healthy (39.14%). The quantitative result shows that the level of academic, familial and adjustment differ across the three different outcome groups that signifies that our perception matters when we view academic and familial distress, along with how we are able to adapt to a certain environment. The qualitative result shows that students are not learning to thrive but to survive which had a negative implication to academic learning. Evidently, this was seen as they lost deeper personal connection and sense of belongingness as they faced post pandemic transition. It also suggests that students are not better nor worse in terms of coping but built differently in lieu of the pandemic effect. These findings support educational interventions that directly incorporating mental health education into the curriculum that could promote a healthier and more inclusive learning environment.

Authors:
Lord Joseas Conwi, De La Salle Medical and Health Science Institute, Philippines
Jose Destura, De La Salle Medical and Health Science Institute, Philippines
Pinar Fredyrose Ivan, De La Salle Medical and Health Science Institute, Philippines

About the Presenter(s)
Mr Lord Joseas Conwi is a School Administrator at De La Salle Medical and Health Science Institute in Philippines

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