Nivel de estrés académico de los estudiantes de tercero de bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa Don Bosco de Macas. Período septiembre 2023 - febrero 2024

Abstract

Academic stress refers to the psychological and emotional pressure present in adolescents when fulfilling their role as students, which can, at high levels, have an impact on their overall well-being and educational performance, so this research proposes to determine the level of academic stress of 3rd year high school students of the Don Bosco Educational Unit. As for the methodology, it was carried out under a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional and descriptive approach, with the application of the SISCO SV-21 instrument to a sample of 144 students. It was found that the most prevalent level of academic stress is moderate with 68.8%, followed by severe with 26.4%; figures that remain constant when analyzed according to sex and age.