Análisis de estrategias de afrontamiento al estrés académico en estudiantes universitarios de la ciudad de Quito en el periodo 2022-2023

Abstract

Academic activity in general, and higher education in particular, can cause high levels of stress that are difficult to manage if the coping strategies used are not correct. It is typified as eustress, when it is a process that positively influences the study activity; however, distress is characterized by high levels of stress that are accompanied by unpleasant symptoms and alter the individual's behavior. Apart from a cognitive behavioral approach, due to the numerous contributions regarding the subject and the proposals to intervene with said problems. The methodology used is quantitative and the sample of selected university students is not probabilistic. Based on the established inclusion and exclusion criteria, it was made up of 45 people. To collect the information, a questionnaire and a scale were applied using Google Forms to the students of medicine, psychology and business administration who are studying the 8th semester of a private university in the city of Quito. High levels of stress were evidenced in the mentioned careers, the greatest stressors were associated with the future perspective and the most frequent coping strategies were positive reappraisal. With these results, conclusions were reached, which allow recommending in the future to extend the study to other careers and university institutions and to carry out psychoeducational intervention projects.