Avaliação dos níveis de ansiedade dos alunos do curso de Licenciatura em Química

Abstract

Anxiety can be characterized as a common mental disorder (CMD). A disorder that afflicts a large part of society, especially university students. This research aimed to verify the levels of anxiety as well as the main academic activities that most generated anxiety among students of the chemistry course. The research is exploratory, qualitative. Students of the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th period of the Degree in Chemistry course at IFPI, Parnaíba campus, participated in this research. Three questionnaires were applied, namely: Sociodemographic questionnaire, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) to measure anxiety, Check List with items that characterized the activities that provoked more anxiety among students. Of the 61 students who participated in the questionnaire, 33 were female and 28 were male. About 24.6% of the students did not have anxiety, 27.9% had mild anxiety, 26.2% had moderate anxiety and about 21.3% of university students had severe signs of anxiety. With regard to activities that generate anxiety in students, around 29 students reported feeling slightly anxious when doing tests and assignments, 21 students felt or feel anxious as a result of a new subject, and 11 students felt very anxious when the teacher was presenting new content. Thus, we can show that anxiety is present among students of the Chemistry Degree course. It is worth noting that in the teaching and learning process it was possible to perceive that anxiety interferes with some academic activities