Relation between levels of anxiety and coping strategies in Colombian university

This study is not experimental, correlational, analyzes the relationship between anxiety levels and coping strategies most used by students who begin their internship in psychology at the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, the population is composed of 36 young students with an ag...

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Main Authors: Monica Tatiana Castellanos Cardenas, Cindy Alexandra Guarnizo Castillo, Yenny Salamanca Camargo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de San Buenaventura 2011-06-01
Series:International Journal of Psychological Research
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Online Access:https://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/797
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description This study is not experimental, correlational, analyzes the relationship between anxiety levels and coping strategies most used by students who begin their internship in psychology at the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, the population is composed of 36 young students with an age range between 21 and 29, unmarried, who do their internship during the second half of 2010, the instruments used are the Coping Strategies Scale Chorot and Sandin (1993) validated for Colombian population by Londoño Henao, Puerta, Posada, Arango, & Aguirre (2006) and Zung of Zung scale (1971) validated and adapted for Colombia by De la Ossa, Martinez & Herazo (2009). Analysis of results from the Pearson correlation coefficient and the statistical package SPSS version 17.0, show that a high negative correlation between anxiety level 1 (no anxiety) and the strategy problem solving and cognitive avoidance, while Level 3 (moderate to severe) is positively correlated with cognitive avoidance strategy.
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spelling doaj.art-9cafe8709ec54dc5af3d4042269074a82022-12-21T20:44:53ZengUniversidad de San BuenaventuraInternational Journal of Psychological Research2011-20842011-79222011-06-014110.21500/20112084.797Relation between levels of anxiety and coping strategies in Colombian universityMonica Tatiana Castellanos Cardenas0Cindy Alexandra Guarnizo Castillo1Yenny Salamanca Camargo2Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaThis study is not experimental, correlational, analyzes the relationship between anxiety levels and coping strategies most used by students who begin their internship in psychology at the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, the population is composed of 36 young students with an age range between 21 and 29, unmarried, who do their internship during the second half of 2010, the instruments used are the Coping Strategies Scale Chorot and Sandin (1993) validated for Colombian population by Londoño Henao, Puerta, Posada, Arango, & Aguirre (2006) and Zung of Zung scale (1971) validated and adapted for Colombia by De la Ossa, Martinez & Herazo (2009). Analysis of results from the Pearson correlation coefficient and the statistical package SPSS version 17.0, show that a high negative correlation between anxiety level 1 (no anxiety) and the strategy problem solving and cognitive avoidance, while Level 3 (moderate to severe) is positively correlated with cognitive avoidance strategy.https://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/797AnxietyAnxiety levelsCopingCoping StrategiesUniversity studentsPsychology practitioners.
spellingShingle Monica Tatiana Castellanos Cardenas
Cindy Alexandra Guarnizo Castillo
Yenny Salamanca Camargo
Relation between levels of anxiety and coping strategies in Colombian university
International Journal of Psychological Research
Anxiety
Anxiety levels
Coping
Coping Strategies
University students
Psychology practitioners.
title Relation between levels of anxiety and coping strategies in Colombian university
title_full Relation between levels of anxiety and coping strategies in Colombian university
title_fullStr Relation between levels of anxiety and coping strategies in Colombian university
title_full_unstemmed Relation between levels of anxiety and coping strategies in Colombian university
title_short Relation between levels of anxiety and coping strategies in Colombian university
title_sort relation between levels of anxiety and coping strategies in colombian university
topic Anxiety
Anxiety levels
Coping
Coping Strategies
University students
Psychology practitioners.
url https://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/797
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