La ansiedad infantil en los niños de primer año de educación general básica

Abstract

Various studies show the presence of anxiety among children, this anxiety reaches significant levels and should be treated with the importance it deserves. With this background was conducted this research entitled Childhood anxiety in children in the first year of basic general education work carried out in the city of Cuenca Ecuador that had as its main objective the diagnosis of anxiety level presented by children and girls in the first year of basic education. The research is a quantitative descriptive exploratory approach and to the information gathering was use the questionnaire of childhood anxiety CAS by John Gillis spanish adaptation was used; the same that was applied to 31 students (14 boys and 17 girls). The results indicate that 38.7% of students achieved an average level of anxiety, while 51.6% had high levels of anxiety. Prevalence of high-level anxiety was also demonstrated in women with 64.7% of the male reached a high level of 35.7%. The results are clear indicators of the presence of anxiety in a significant number of children participating in this study.