Niveles de resiliencia y estrés académico en estudiantes universitarios del tercer nivel de la carrera de Psicología de la Universidad de Cuenca, 2023

Abstract

Resilience is conceptualized as the intrinsic capacity to recover and adapt to stress, which can manifest itself in a positive or negative way. Positive resilience is characterized by the ability to cope effectively with stress, generating beneficial transformations in the individual. On the other hand, negative resilience implies a less effective coping with stress, causing difficulties in dealing with pressures. Academic stress, on the other hand, is defined as the increased pressure experienced by students during the learning process, either in an academic environment or during individual study. This increased pressure is attributed to excessive demands that exceed the student's coping capacity. The objective of this study is to identify the relationship between resilience and academic stress in third level psychology students at the University of Cuenca. The methodology adopted is a quantitative approach, with a nonexperimental, cross-sectional and correlational design. The population under study comprises 86 students, with a final sample of 72 participants. Data collection was carried out using the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and the Systemic Cognitive Inventory for the Study of Academic Stress (SISCO SV-21). Subsequent data analysis was performed in the statistical package JASP 18.0 and Microsoft Excel. The findings confirm the existence of a significant association between resilience and academic stress in the students analyzed.