ESTRÉS ANTE ENFERMEDADES TRANSMISIBLES EN ESTUDIANTES DE PSICOLOGÍA DE UNA UNIVERSIDAD PÚBLICA DE ICA

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. Thesample 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. Thedata 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 ofgeneral 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 significantdifferences according to sex and age; however, statistically significant differences were found according to the contagion condition of a close relative