Estrés en estudiantes que realizan prácticas pre-profesionales de las Carreras de la Facultad de Psicología

Abstract

The objective of this research is to measure stress levels in students who perform pre-professional practices and compare the levels between each of the careers, before and after the start of practices. The approach was quantitative, with descriptive scope; the type of sample was simple random, consisting of 184 students, belonging to the three careers of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Cuenca. The instruments used were: Sociodemographic sheet and SISCO Inventory, which was adapted, adding two columns corresponding to: before and after the start of practices; in the results, it was determined that, there is the presence of stress levels in 169 students, corresponding to 91.85%, ranging from mild, moderate and severe; and, 8.15% do not present. Regarding the levels of stress present before and after the start of practices, it becomes clear that, in the careers of Clinical Psychology and Educational Psychology, the mild and moderate levels reduce after the start of practices and the severe level increases; in the career of Social Psychology, in students who present a slight level before the start of practices, it reduces after the start of practices, and in what refers to the moderate and severe level, increases after the start of practices. Therefore, with the results obtained it has been determined that pre-professional practices are a variable that produces an increase in stress levels; to conclude, it was determined that, careers do not influence an increase in it.