Estado del capital psicológico, prevalencia de la ansiedad y su relación con la autoeficacia académica en estudiantes universitarios de primer ciclo de la ciudad de Loja.

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Abstract: The objective of this research was to determine the state of psychological capital, the prevalence of anxiety and its relationship with academic self-efficacy in students first cycle university students in the city of Loja, during the year 2023-2024, the methodology had a quantitative approach, with a correlational and transversal descriptive scope, the The sample was made up of 153 first cycle university students from the city of Loja, to whom the following scales were applied: ad hoc sociodemographic questionnaire, self-efficacy in academic life scale (EAVA), depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21) and the psychological capital questionnaire (PCQ-12). The results obtained demonstrated that the psychological capital of the investigated sample scores higher in the dimension of optimism and hope, with a prevalence of 52.9% of severe anxiety and extremely severe and 61.4% have a low perception of academic self-efficacy. In conclusion, we found significant negative correlations between psychological capital and anxiety, between anxiety and academic self-efficacy and a significant positive correlation between self-efficacy and psychological capital.