ESTRÉS ANTE ENFERMEDADES TRANSMISIBLES EN ESTUDIANTES DE PSICOLOGÍA DE UNA UNIVERSIDAD PÚBLICA DE ICA
Resumen
The aim of this research was to know the stress levels for communicable diseases in university students of the psychology career of a public university in the Ica region. The
sample consisted of 84 participants between men and women between 18 and 60 years old. This study is of a non-experimental type and a comparative descriptive design. The
data collection instrument used was the Stress Scale for Communicable Diseases prepared by Anicama et al. The results showed that 77.4% present average and high levels of
general stress and 78.6% present average and high levels before the dimension of stress before communicable diseases. Likewise, it was found that there are no significant
differences according to sex and age; however, statistically significant differences were found according to the contagion condition of a close relative.