Abstract The positive emotional state of students, in which they accept themselves physically, accept others, and participate in issues of common good in times of pandemic, characterizes the learning environment of the subject under study. The purpose of this research was to determine the impact of affectivity on the learning of citizenship and civic education of the students in second grade of high school in the educational institutions Sebastián Barranca and Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes in the province of Ica, Peru, in times of the pandemic. There was a population of 150 students and a sample of 93, chosen by means of a probabilistic sample selection. Two instruments were applied: the BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory and the learning questionnaire in the area of citizenship and civic education, developed by the researchers of this study. The index r of rho Spearman was used for the correlation and for the influence the linear regression, having as a result: affectivity influences significantly (p < 0.01) in the dimension Living respecting himself and the others whose general values are r = 0.293**; r2 = 0.078; and it has a non-significant impact (p > 0.05) on the dimensions Participation in public affairs to promote the common good and Learning in the area of citizenship and civic education (r = 0.072; r2 = 0.5%; r = 0.192; r2 = 3.7%). As a conclusion, activities focused on affection should be promoted in order to improve the dimension Living respecting himself and the others.