El Estrés y su Afectación en el Rendimiento Académico de los Estudiantes de Primer Semestre de Derecho de la Universidad Uniciencia de Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Abstract

This research allows an approach in the educational context to the topic of academic stress, understood by the WHO as a physiological reaction produced by negative stimuli, which generate affectations in the emotional, behavioral and cognitive fields. Various studies show that, out of every four people in the world, at least two have suffered or are suffering from some type of stress. The academic field is no exception, presenting itself at very high levels in students of various levels of studies, but especially in university students, affecting, among many other factors, their academic performance.

To this end, the target population is defined as first-semester law students at Uniciencia University, in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, most of whom combine work and study. The research problem aims to clarify how stress may affect the academic performance of students at this higher education institution; For this, the general objective is to analyze academic stress in this context and its effects on academic performance, and from there, with three specific objectives, the following are proposed: categorize from the results, compare them with literature from second sources; and finally, the elaboration of a proposal for intervention or prevention.

The background is presented from a state of the art that includes thirteen studies carried out in Spain, Latin America, Colombia, and ending with a local study that validates the instrument. The theoretical framework is developed with three concepts: stress, academic stress and academic performance. The methodological framework presents a quantitative research, with a non-experimental transversal design; the target population is male and female, aged between 18 and 30 years, in the first semester of the Law degree. As an instrument, the “SISCO” inventory is used, validated by Arturo Barraza, in Mexico (2007), used to measure the levels of academic stress, and which was validated in the city of Bucaramanga for these academic purposes.