Learning in pandemic times: Anxiety, cognitive capacities and decision-making of university students FRESH-PEF73894-en Timothée DEMONT Learning in pandemic times: Anxiety, cognitive capacities and decision-making of university students LearninCov FRESH-PEF73894-en 73894 FRESH-PEF73894 Timothée DEMONT Eva RAIBER UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE Epidemiology France Portal (PEF) AGENCE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE (ANR) UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE null Laurence;BOUVARD Timothée;DEMONT Eva;RAIBER Anxiety Cognition Covid-19 Decision-making Mental health Risk Uncertainty Infectious disease medicine Psychiatry Addiction medicine COVID-19 Socio-demographic and economic determinants Behavioral determinants 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. null France Provence - Alpes - Côte d\'Azur Individuals General population Male Female Young Adult (19 to 24 years) 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. Participant-reported health data Other Administrative database (employees pupils students etc.) [1000-10000[ individuals Interview with the participant (including clinical) Observational Study Observational Study Case-control study Unknown To be defined Free access