ANSIEDAD Y ESTRÉS EN TIEMPOS DE PANDEMIA DE LOS ESTUDIANTES EGRESADOS DE LA CARRERA DE PSICOLOGÍA CLÍNICA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MANABÍ DURANTE EL PERIODO ENERO – MAYO 2022.

Abstract

The current pandemic had a significant impact on people's psychological and emotional health throughout the life reconfiguration they had to adapt quickly to. The university population was partially affected, so the relevance of acquiring data. This research project identified the influence of the pandemic (covid-19) on anxiety and stress among students who graduated from the Technical University of Manabi's Clinical Psychology career, and determined anxiety and stress levels. To this end, the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to determine anxiety levels and Perceived Stress Scale (EEP) for stress levels, in a sample of 36 students; an additional survey was taken to be able to obtain more information through each student's subjective responses. The established results are that 11% of graduate students have pathological anxiety and 89% adaptive anxiety, and in stress the total percentage shows adaptive stress. It was concluded in effect that the pandemic had an impact on the anxiety and stress of graduate students, generating higher levels of anxiety and stress than already existing ones, most of which have remained most frequently followed by stress.