Relación del estilo de vida con el desempeño académico en estudiantes de la facultad de odontología de la universidad Santo Tomás

Abstract

Humans beings have been creating and adapting a series of behaviors and habits; which can be changed throughout their life, helping them to meet the different scenarios that may be involved in their daily life or in a society in which it operates. Determining your lifestyle,whose concept is based on individuality, personality, behaviors, projections and the way of dealing when a problem arises, therefore, a lifestyle is cognitive, sensitive and relatively individually. One of the most important changes that a human being can experience is when they enter college, because the lifestyles of young people can affect positively or negatively on their academic performance, all changes that occur in this new stage in their lives. While it is important to note that not all lifestyles are modifiable throughout university life and all the time influence or are directly related to academic performance, may be one or several that lead the student to have a high or a low academic performance. Based on the above, this investigation will assess the lifestyle with the students of Dentistry School from the University of Santo Tomás, from the need to know the habits and behaviors that students have and how good or bad can be their academic performances.