ACADEMIC STRESS IN STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR REAL Y PONTIFICIA DE SAN FRANCISCO XAVIER DE CHUQUISACA

Abstract

Stress is today, it is a problem that is being given increasing attention.  However, academic stress does not receive sufficient attention in the field of research.  That is why with the present investigation the level of academic stress will be determined in students of the Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, since following a University Degree there is a tendency to develop some level of stress that can cause problems  Emotional, cognitive and physiological.

 The study involved 332 students from all faculties and careers in general, to whom the SISCO inventory of Barraza was applied.

 The results showed that the majority of the students present a pathological stress that consists of the medium, high and maximum levels that represent 92.4% of the individuals and the remaining percentage presents a physiological stress.  In the study we conclude that academic stress is a phenomenon of high frequency.  Its multidimensional character presents physiological, behavioral and cognitive manifestations, which are associated with variables such as age and sex, these being the highest level of expression.  It is important to generate interest in conducting future research in which academic stress is the center of attention.