Academic stress and procrastination in students of the ninth cycle of Nursing at the Norbert Wiener University, Lima, 2021

Abstract

The study was conducted with the aim of identifying the relationship between academic stress and procrastination among nursing students at the Norbert Wiener University. The objective was to determine whether there is a significant relationship between academic stress and procrastination in students of the ninth cycle of Nursing at Norbert Wiener University, Lima, 2021. It is an applied research study, using the hypothetical-deductive method with a quantitative approach. The research was descriptive-theoretical or pure, and a correlational design was used, with a sample of 53 ninth-cycle nursing students. The academic stress inventory and the SISCO procrastination scale were used for evaluation. Spearman's Rho statistic was applied for data analysis. According to the findings on academic stress, 26 students (49% of the class) from the ninth cycle of nursing at Norbert Wiener University experience moderate academic stress; 20 students (38%) show moderately low academic stress, and 2 students (4%) have moderately high academic stress. Regarding procrastination, 25 students (47%) show moderately high procrastination; 22 students (42%) have high procrastination, and 5 students (9%) present moderate procrastination. The correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship between academic stress and procrastination in ninth-cycle nursing students, with a coefficient of 0.379 and a p-value of 0.005, which is below the estimated error (0.01).

Objetivo: Determinar si existe relación significativa entre el estrés académico y la procrastinación en los estudiantes del noveno ciclo de Enfermería de la Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, 2021. Material y método: Es una investigación aplicada, utilizamos el método deductivo hipotético, con un enfoque cuantitativo, hicimos uso del tipo de investigación descriptivo teórica o pura y un diseño correlacional, la muestra fueron 53 estudiantes del noveno ciclo de Enfermería. Para la evaluación se utilizó el inventario de estrés académico y la escala de procrastinación del SISCO. Para el análisis de los datos se utilizó el estadístico Rho de Spearman. De acuerdo con los hallazgos sobre el estrés académico, 26 estudiantes del noveno ciclo de enfermería de la Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, o el 49r% de la clase, experimentan estrés académico medio; el 38%, es decir 20, presentan estrés académico medianamente bajo y el 4%, es decir 2 presentan estrés académico medianamente alto. Y en cuanto a la procrastinación mencionan que el 47%, es decir 25 estudiantes, presentan procrastinación medianamente alto; el 42%, es decir 22, presentan procrastinación alto y el 9%, es decir 5, presentan procrastinación medio.