Analysis of resilience in students of the Technical University of Esmeraldas

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the world population by modifying the usual way in which daily activities are carried out. One sector that has had to face drastic changes is the education sector. The objective of the research is to analyze the resilience of the students of the second level of the Physical Activity career of the Pedagogy Faculty during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although previous research dealt with the subject in other teachings and other careers, they did not reach the case of university students nor did they evaluate academic stress in conditions of SARS-CoV-2: with an international affectation for all social sectors and for styles of learning. student life at any level. Students of the second level of the Technical University of Esmeraldas were taken as a sample, in the second semester of 2020. The research is specifically framed in these students, not only because it is the field of work of the researchers, but also because of the characteristics that it implies. belong to the university sector and to that particular career. The quantitative field study involved a sample of 37 students and applied the Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale as an instrument. It was concluded that 46% of the students reflect a high level of resilience and 49% a moderate level. The importance of the work prevails mainly in its contribution to the treatment of adverse circumstances for the student sector of sports and physical culture and the treatment of the teacher towards them.