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Relationship between Academic Performance

and Levels of Depression, Anxiety,

and Stress in Ninth Grade Students.

Flor Estefany Valderrama Ramirez
flrsvldrrm@gmail.com
Languages Department,
Dulce Corazon de Maria school On the other hand, poor academic performance may reveal weak
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persistence, impulsivity, lack of attention, among others. A person's
school performance can be affected by their economic class, social
environment, learning deficits, family relationships, teacher-student
Abstract relationship and especially their emotional development. Academic
The relationship between mental health and academic performance in performance reflects the student's discipline and aptitudes, the quality of
ninth grade students at the Dulce Corazon de Maria school in Boyaca educational processes, and also influences the self-esteem and
was determined. Due to the importance that these two fields have in the self-concept of young people. Due to the importance that these two
integral development of adolescents, the study was conducted with factors have in the integral development of adolescents, the research
sixteen students who completed questionnaires and surveys to determine focused on the relationship between mental health and academic
the levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. The main result indicates performance.
that the variables depression and anxiety have a strong impact on school
performance. Materials and Methods.

Keywords: Mental health, Academic performance, Depression, Anxiety, The approach selected for the development of the research is a mixed and
Stress.
Concurrent Nested Design of dominant model. The population is sixteen
ninth grade students, of which the sample was nine students. The
Resumen workshops were applied with the population one per week for a month,
Se determinó la relación que hay entre la salud mental y el desempeño where in addition to filling out the surveys and questionnaires,
académico en los estudiantes de noveno grado en el colegio Dulce complementary videos were presented. All the information collected was
Corazón de María en Boyacá. Debido a la importancia que tienen estos organized into four categories: Difficulty to concentrate, Stress and

dos campos en el desarrollo integral de los adolescentes se hizo el anxiety like causes of a deficient performance, Bad feelings lead to bad
estudio, el cual contó con 16 estudiantes que resolvieron cuestionarios y grates and Motivation, lack of encouragement and disinterest.
encuestas para determinar los niveles de estrés, ansiedad y depresión. El The academic performance of the students was measured with the
resultado principal señala que las variables depresión y ansiedad tienen general average consulted in the school reports, on the other hand, the
una repercusión fuerte en el desempeño escolar. variables anxiety, depression, and stress were calculated by means of
Palabras clave: Salud mental, Rendimiento académico, Depresión, interviews, open and closed surveys and also with the help of the
Ansiedad, Estrés.
following standardized questionnaires: Beck Depression Inventory
(Beck, Rush, Shaw & Emery, 1961) and Depression Anxiety and Stress
Introduction Scale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995).
Mental health has been proven to be the first factor in maintaining a

healthy life, as argued repeatedly by the WHO. A person's mental health
affects all aspects of their life such as how they interact with others, how
they perceive themselves, their decision making and of course their
productivity. Mental well-being is important in all stages of life from
childhood to elderly, although in adolescence it tends to be more
essential due to the instability and sensitivity that characterizes this
phase of life, so that young people who do not enjoy this type of health

are more prone to drug use, social isolation and suffer from problems of
understanding.