The cited study is from 1998. Societal roles have shifted in the past 20 years, possibly changing the reasons behind stress during COVID-19 induced distanced learning.

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On average, women said that they experienced lower levels of motivation during online learning in the pandemic compared to men. Home (1998, as cited by Goksu et al. 2021) speculated that women experienced higher levels of stress when distanced due to gender roles and familial problems. During times of contagious disease, women tend to show higher levels of anxiety, stress, depression and intolerence of uncertainty (Wang et al., 2020 as cited by Goksu et al., 2021). This has been related to decreased levels of learning motivation. 

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