La ansiedad y estrés académico en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

The anxiety and stress that university students can present are common problems, which are often influenced by the workload that must be done, the expectations that must be met within the family nucleus, the performance that they must have, and questions. about their academic abilities, greatly affecting their well-being and the performance they may have in their daily lives. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the academic anxiety and stress of university students. For this, a descriptive study was carried out, with a qualitative approach, in addition to using a phenomenological design. The selected sample was students from the technical university of Machala, to whom semi-structured interviews and the Beck anxiety test were applied. Finally, the results indicated that university students present high levels of both anxiety and stress, which are strongly linked to the different academic events, which increase the prevalence of these problems. In addition to confirming that due to stress, they present various symptoms, including headaches, excessive sweating, irritability, among others, finding that among the sources that cause this stress is adaptation to the university context, not achieving a correct time management, etc. Therefore, this study demonstrates the importance of identifying the different causes of stress within the academic environment, in addition to promoting strategies with which to deal with this problem, with the aim of promoting a healthy academic environment.