Niveles de ansiedad en estudiantes en condición de movilidad interna de la Facultad de Psicología en la Universidad de Cuenca, durante el período septiembre 2019- febrero 2020

Abstract

University students in a condition of internal mobility constitute a risk group for anxiety due to their psychological, social, academic and high stress requirements. The objective of this work was to describe anxiety levels and their comparison with sociodemographic variables. The study was carried out with the participation of 159 students in a condition of internal mobility. Anxiety screening was performed with the Hamilton Anxiety scale. The reliability of the scale was evaluated with the Cronbach Alpha of 0.87. The results show that there is a 10.7 % of students who do not have anxiety, 42.8 % of students presented a mild anxiety level and 46.5 % have a moderate to severe anxiety level. The anxiety levels presented statistical significance according to the variables how many hours the student sleeps and the number of friends the student has and there was no statistically equal distribution according to sex, training cycle, academic program, age, among others. A high percentage of students with moderate to severe anxiety was found, which highlights the need to develop educational strategies, identify higher risk students and initiate health interventions in a timely manner.