Psychosocial factors related to anxiety in adolescents

Abstract

Anxiety is a normal reaction of the body to situations that it perceives as threatening or stressful. However, when anxiety becomes excessive, frequent or disproportionate to reality, it can interfere with the normal functioning of the person and affect their quality of life. In adolescents, the rate of anxiety is high, since they are going through a stage of change and decision making, which for many adolescents can be stressful and frustrating, in addition to the fact that there are factors that have an impact on anxiety. The research sought to understand the psychosocial factors associated with anxiety in the adolescent population, it is of non-experimental design because the variables were not directly manipulated, with a qualitative approach, descriptive in scope, bibliographic type, inductive-deductive, analytical-synthetic and literature review methods were applied. The research indicated that psychosocial factors are closely related to anxiety in adolescents as they can significantly influence either as support at this stage of life, as a motivator or in a negative way by influencing anxiety.