Regulación emocional y su relación con los niveles de estrés académico en adolescentes de 15 a 18 años de la Unidad Educativa Fiscomisional Salesiana Don Bosco La Tola de Quito, durante el período enero-junio 2025

Abstract

Adolescence is a stage in which several physical or emotional changes take place, as well as several challenges in the academic environment. The objective of the present investigation was to analyze the relationship between emotional regulation and academic stress levels in adolescents aged 15 to 18 years from the Don Bosco La Tola Fiscomisional Educational Unit in Quito. Methodology: the research had a quantitative, descriptive correlational, cross-sectional, and nonexperimental approach. The study worked with a sample of 195 students between 15 to 18 years old from the Don Bosco La Tola Fiscomisional Educational Unit in Quito. The instruments used were the emotional regulation scale RE-MESACTS and the academic stress scale in its second version SISCO SV-21. The results obtained showed that, as adolescents advance in age and academic level, they are more likely to show less emotional regulation; likewise, the levels of academic stress increase. However, by gender, it was observed that women registered low emotional regulation and higher levels of academic stress, in contrast to men, who demonstrated the opposite. Furthermore, the correlation between both variables resulted in a negative correlation between emotional regulation and academic stress.