Background:

The Covid-19 pandemic radically changed the way of studying, suddenly we went from face-to-face learning to a virtual one, in many cases without digital media, without properly managing platforms, adding anxiety to contagion, fear of death, economic instability, the uncertainty that it will happen, brings with it changes in academic work, thus influencing academic performance.

Aim:

Relate anxiety, self-esteem and study habits with academic performance in Peruvian university students.

Methos:

Quantitative, longitudinal, correlational and prospective study with a non-probabilistic sample of 260 students from the 1st cycle of the USS period 2020-II, virtual questionnaires were applied to measure anxiety (Beck's Anxiety Inventory), self-esteem (Stanley's Self-esteem Inventory Coopersmith), study habits (CASM-85 Study Habits Inventory) and academic performance (Promotional Proceedings).

Results:

40% of the students present a minimum level of anxiety, 50.4% present high average self-esteem and 25.8% have very positive study habits.

Conclusion:

There is a relationship between anxiety and academic performance with statistical significance; while self-esteem, study habits and academic performance were not statistically significant.

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