Publicación:

Ansiedad en adolescentes del Colegio los Centauros de la Ciudad de Villavicencio

Resumen

Anxiety is one of the most prevalent disorders today at a national and international level, diminishing society in different areas of daily life such as: social, work, educational, family and personal, the latter being the most important, since This affectation can lead the individual to changes in mood, thoughts, behavior and causing discomfort at the body level. On the other hand, Chacón, et all (2021), indicate that anxiety manifests as an emotional reaction seen normally before some threatening situation for the person who is in said situation; but, if these reactions begin to become constant and worrying, they should be evaluated in order to determine their pathological content. With this research we want to achieve the evaluation of anxiety in adolescent students of an educational institution in Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, approaching the State-Trait Anxiety Questionnaire STAIC, which is progressing in evaluating the variable of anxiety in children and adolescents from of two aspects (State-Trait), through 40 items, with 20 items for each scale (State-Trait); The sample consisted of 39 adolescents of both sexes aged between 12 and 15 years. The results collected show that the adolescents of the Los Centauros school present a State Anxiety at a medium level; while for Trait Anxiety, the average of the participants is at a high level. Therefore, it is advisable to carry out programs or campaigns to promote Mental Health and prevent Anxiety disorders.