Niveles de Ansiedad Social de los estudiantes de quinto grado de la Institución Educativa Bethlemitas Brighton de la ciudad de Pamplona.

Abstract

Social anxiety is a disorder that affects the social skills of students, limiting cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social learning. The general objective of the research was to establish the levels of social anxiety presented by fifth grade students of the Bethlemitas Brighton Educational Institution. The specific objectives, to identify the levels of social anxiety in the students; to describe the levels of social anxiety of the students; to determine the factors related to social anxiety that most influence the students. The study was conducted under the mixed approach, with interpretative descriptive method. A test and participant and non-participant observation were used to collect data and information. The instruments were the questionnaire and the field diaries. Among the phases that led the research process were the identification and delimitation of the problem; the elaboration and construction of the instruments; the observation and recording of data; the decoding and categorization of the information; and the analysis. The key informants were fifth grade students and the head teacher. The main results allowed establishing that the most prevalent level of social anxiety is mild in 45.16% of the children and 77.41% present social anxiety at one of the levels; the factors that most affect the students are speaking in public, interacting with teachers, asking questions in class, going to the board, being exposed, or ridiculed, and fear of being scolded by the teacher. In conclusion, most of the fifthgrade students of the Bethlemitas Brighton Educational Institution in the city of Pamplona present social anxiety at all levels, from mild to severe, which is affecting their social development and learning process.