Capital psicológico y su relación con el estrés percibido en estudiantes universitarios del área socio humanística de la ciudad de Loja 2019-2020

Abstract

Abstract: This research made it possible to determine the psychological capital and its relationship to the perceived stress of university students in the Socio Humanistic area of the city of Loja, Ecuador. The methodology used was the three scales in their Spanish version: Sociodemographic Questionnaire; Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-12); Perceived Stress Scale (EEP-10). The design of this research was exploratory, correlational and transversal descriptive, consisting of a sample of 228 university students, with the highest percentage of women with 62.7%, having an average age of 20 years, 97.4%, of single marital status, 96.1% do not have children and 99.6% are Ecuadorians. The results obtained from this research show a psychological capital with an average of (55.10) and perceived stress (18.03) by placing them at an average level, in addition to a low negative correlation (r-,280 **; p<,000) between the aforementioned variables. In conclusion, Psychological Capital has a negatively low influence on the presence of stress, this means as higher the psychological capital is, the lower presence of stress will be on the university students.