Intolerancia a la incertidumbre, ansiedad y depresión en una muestra de estudiantes del programa de psicología de la Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores sede Bogotá.

Abstract

The present research was carried out with the main objective of identifying what relationship exists between intolerance to uncertainty and emotional states of anxiety and depression in a sample of students from the faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the psychology program of the Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores headquarters Bogotá DC This is a descriptive correlational study, which allows evaluating the degree of association of the study variables and thus meeting the objectives. For this, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used, which measures the variables of anxiety and depression, and the Intolerance to Uncertainty Scale (IUS) to measure the uncertainty variable. The results were obtained through a correlational analysis using the Pearson coefficient to establish the relationship of the variables. According to the analysis, high associations were evidenced between levels of depression and uncertainty, while moderate associations were derived with extremely severe anxiety; these results are not representative of the population given the percentage of participants with some level of anxiety or depression and the dispersion of the data. It is suggested to replicate the study considering a quota sampling, which guarantees the participation of the different educational levels.