A Ansiedade em Alunos do Ensino Médio (Um estudo junto dos alunos do Liceu 26 de Abril nº 1677 no Município do Lubango, ano lectivo 2021)

Abstract

The present work has as its theme, "Anxiety in high school students (A study with the students of Liceu 26 de Abril nº 1677 in the Municipality of Lubango). Its research problem is: What are the prevalence rates of anxiety in high school students of Liceu 26 de Abril nº1677? The object focuses on the study of anxiety in high school students. It has the general objective of diagnosing the prevalence levels of anxiety in high school students. It has the following specific objectives: 1- Characterize the theories on the study of anxiety. 2- Identify the causes of anxiety of students. 3- Conduct the data survey through the anxiety inventory. 4- Promote measures to minimize high rates of anxiety in students. The tasks were to consult bibliographies, to substantiate theoretically, to diagnose the prevalence rates of students' anxiety. The study has as its field of action the Psychopathology in school context. The trait-state anxiety inventory was used as a data collection instrument. The methods used were: theoretical level method and empirical level method. The population for the present work consists of the students of the 11th grade of the high school 26 de Abril nº 1677, of the Municipality of Lubango, the sample is simple random probabilistic consisting of 40 students. The design is descriptive and the approach is quali-quantitative. The findings show that there are levels of mild, moderate and severe anxiety within the school context. Anxiety as a normal state, helps students in acquiring a positive performance.