Impact of anxiety on the self-efficacy of Psychology students at the UMSNH

Abstract

Anxiety refers to unpleasant sensations that cannot be controlled since they occur involuntarily and self-efficacy is the perception one has of one's own abilities or skills and how effective one is in this regard. The objective of this research was to analyze the influence of anxiety on the self-efficacy of 4th and 8th semester students of the Faculty of Psychology of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. The method used in this research was hypothetical-deductive, with a quantitative approach, the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Baessler and Schwarzer General Self-Efficacy Scale were applied to 234 participants. The results were processed with the SPSS 20 statistical package, finding that 39% of the participants are at a moderate level of anxiety and 48% consider themselves quite effective, but when performing the Spearman Correlation, where the greatest relationship is found is between the moderate level of anxiety and considering themselves moderately effective, so it can be concluded that as the level of anxiety increases, the level of self-efficacy decreases. Based on these results, it is proposed that a psychological intervention be developed to work with the participants to reduce anxiety symptoms so that this favors their self-efficacy.