Estado del apoyo social percibido, prevalencia del estrés y su relación con la autoeficacia académica de estudiantes universitario de nuevo ingreso de la ciudad de Loja

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Abstract: The objective of this study was to determine perceived social support, the prevalence of stress and its relationship with academic self-efficacy in first-year university students. A quantitative research design of descriptive and correlational scope was used, with a transversal approach. The sample consisted of 173 university students again income, which was obtained through accidental, non-probabilistic casual sampling. For the data collection, ad hoc sociodemographic questionnaire instruments were used, MOS questionnaires of perceived social support (Rodríguez Espínola and Enrique, 2007), Scale Depression, Anxiety and Stress Assessment (DASS-21) abbreviated version (Antony et al., 1998) and the academic self-efficacy scale in university life (García-Méndez and Rivera Ledesma, 2021). A positive and significant correlation was found between social support and academic self-efficacy (r=.380; p< .01), while the relationship between stress and Academic self-efficacy showed a negative and significant correlation (r=-.369; p< .01). This research contributes to the understanding of the psychosocial factors that influence the well-being and academic success of college students.