Academic stress in new students of bachelor`s Degree in Psychology at the University of Holguín, Cuba

Abstract

Recently, physical and emotional health problems associated with stress have increased in the population. According to various studies by the World Health Organization (WHO), an increasingly significant number of people around the world suffer from stress. This research aimed to analyze which are the indicators of academic stress that emerge in a group of first year of the Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University of Holguín, given a series of deficiencies that appeared in these in the form of clinical symptoms, which were hindering the healthy development of the personality. The research allowed to know the presence of indicators of moderate academic stress and to critically assess their coping strategies.

Keywords: College Students; Stress; Academic Stress; Stressors; Symptoms; Coping Strategies.