Anxiety, depression and autonomous activity in nursing students, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico

Our aim was to study the relationships between autonomic activity, anxiety and depression levels among nursing students. It was used a correlational design and an intentional sampling, so the anxiety and depression inve...

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Autores: Ruvalcaba Palacios, Gerardo, Galván Guerra, Andrea, Ávila Sansores, Grever María, Gómez Aguila, Patricia Isolina del Socorro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Digital Internacional de Psicología y Ciencia Social
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.172.17.0.1:article/212
Acceso en línea:https://cuved.unam.mx/revistas/index.php/rdpcs/article/view/212
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Anxiety
Depression
Autonomic activity
University students
Academic stress
Ansiedad
Depresión
Actividad autonómica
Estudiantes universitarios
Estrés Académico
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Sumario:Our aim was to study the relationships between autonomic activity, anxiety and depression levels among nursing students. It was used a correlational design and an intentional sampling, so the anxiety and depression inventories was applied, as well as the psychophysiological stress profile.  It was included 133 students of first, third and fifth semester of an university located in Guanajuato, Mexico.  The anxiety average score was 23.17 (moderate level of anxiety). The average score of depression was 7.9 (It means a minimal level of depression). It was no founded significant relationships between anxiety and depression row scores (rs = 0.077, p = 0.380), no found neither, relationships between those levels and autonomic activity (p = 0.005).  In the psychological profile, it was founded correlations between scores of autonomic activity obtained in the first activity and those obtained in the final condition (rs = 0.844, p < 0.05).  Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent, but it is necessary more research to clarify the relationships underlying between those and autonomic activity of university students.