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Psycho-demographic variables effects on higher education students during COVID-19 in Turkey

Looking at gender, age, SES, use of camera for lecturer and students, belief of neessity of distanced education, belief about effectiveness, and belief of negtive impact of pandemic on motivation, they looked at the cyclical effect of distanced learning motivation and it's impact on frequency of class attendence, mediated by anxiety, stress, depression and Intolerence of Uncertainty (IU).

Women showed higher attendence than men
men's motivation was higher than women's
use of computers showed more attendence than use of smartphones
use of computers showed higher motivation compared to use of smartphones
urban students attended class more often
urban students had lower levels of motivation
depression negatively impacted attendence, though stress positively predicted attendence
stress is not significantly associated with distance learning motivation
inhibitory IU was positively associated with depression, anxiety and stress, but negatively with motivation.
IU predicts increase in relationship between anxiety and stress
Women show higher rates of anxiety, stress, depression and IU during the pandemic
gender is not related to student satisfaction with learning.