Relación entre el nivel de ansiedad y características sociodemográficas durante la pandemia por COVID - 19 en los adolescentes de la unidad educativa Santa Rosa Cuenca- Azuay, período 2021

Abstract

Anxiety is an anticipatory response to any threat that manifests changes with physical, emotional, and social expressions. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a general crisis in Ecuadorian people. This situation increases these possible symptoms. Adolescence, due to all the internal and external conflicts which are related, could generate vulnerability to develop anxiety. Thus, this research aimed to show the relationship between anxiety levels and sociodemographic characteristics such as sex, age and socioeconomic on adolescents. The research was a quantitative approach with a correlational scope, a non-experimental design and cross-sectional. The research instrument Zung Anxiety Self-Assessment Scale. The study population was 140 teenagers with 12 to 18 years old. They were from the Santa Rosa School in Azuay, Ecuador. The results obtained showed a predominance of the level of normal anxiety, no differences were obtained between its sociodemographic variables, but a minimal significant relationship was found between the economic situation and anxiety.