Consecuencias psicológicas en adolescentes de 12 a 15 años debido al COVID-19 y su repercusión en el ámbito académico en una institución educativa de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The approach to the present study related to the psychological consequences in adolescents from 12 to 15 years old in times of COVID 19 and its repercussion in the theoretical and social academic field of a project in a city Guayaquil, area of the province of Guayas, Ecuador, during the period 2020-2021, focuses its main objective on analyzing the psychological consequences conditioned by the pandemic and prevention measures such as confinement. Situation that brought important effects on the educational process and teaching and learning methodologies in the school environment, perceiving changes in the behavior of children and adolescents, among which disruptive behaviors, manifestations of stress, anxiety and depression were observed, which caused the realization of the present investigation. Therefore, a mixed documentary and field methodology was used, with a nonexperimental design, considering a universe of study comprised of 120 students who were given an observation sheet as an information collection instrument. The resultsconsisted in the fact that there are psychological consequences in children between the ages of 12 and 15 who study at the Fe y Alegría School, located in the province of Guayas, thus concluding that they show behaviors and signs of anxiety, stress and depression. Likewise, they manifest disruptive behavior during the school day, with a clear loss of study habits and, therefore, in poor school performance.