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Stress influence on academic performance

Abstract:

Stress acquires influence in different diseases, decreases work and academic performance, damages personal and family relationships, generating consequences that affect the body, mind and emotions. This article aims to describe the influence of stress on academic performance of higher education students. The importance of minimizing stress is established by experts through the analysis of its causes and consequences. Present research is developed from the quantitative approach and through the positivist paradigm. The stress level was measured with the scale created by Borges and Melgosa, and was applied in students of psychology and social work of the Universidad Simón Bolívar Cúcuta headquarters. The administration of the questionnaire was carried out in students of both genders, aged between 18 and 24 years, who attended the night shift of the second and fourth academic semester. The analysis and interpretation of information was performed with the SPSS software. It is concluded that stress influences different aspects of life, especially in academic performance.