Artículo Original Ciencia & Trabajo | AÑO 19 | NÚMERO 58 | ENERO / ABRIL 2017 | www.cienciaytrabajo.cl | 31/34 31 Evaluation of Stress Academic Levels of Medical Students of The South University Center. Case: Ciudad Guzman EVALUACIÓN DE NIVELES DE ESTRÉS DE ESTUDIANTES DE MEDICINA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DEL SUR. CASO: CIUDAD GUZMÁN Dra. Claudia Saldaña Orozco 1 ; Luis Alberto De Loera Soto 1 ; Dra. Berta Ermila Madrigal Torres 1 1. Centro Universitario del Sur de la Universidad de Guadalajara. ABSTRACT Objective: Identify the Factors associated to the academic stress of the student Population of the Medical School University Center in Mexico. Method: A descriptive correlational analysis was taken place starting with the implementation of the daily stress questionnaire (CED-44). The acquired results were the stress levels as much as gen- eral as the different social environments of the participants. In the study were included demographic factors and study levels. The mea- sures were compared through the T tests for independent samples to determine the significant relation between the changeable and the stress levels. Results: The relation between the stress levels and the gender shows a major grade of influence of the stressful ones about the feminine gender. Likewise factors like the academic overload and the few time of recreation emphasize like the major stressful of the students population. Discussion and Conclussions: Prior to the latent psychosocial risk between University young students, it is suggested, the implementation of an initiative at stressors that at the time serves as motivational factor. Key words: MENTAL HEALTH, ACADEMIC STRESS, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS. RESUMEN Objetivo: Identificar los factores asociados al estrés académico de la Población de estudiantes de la Escuela de Medicina del Centro Universitario en México. Método: Se realizó un análisis correlacional descriptivo comenzando con la implementación del cuestionario de estrés diario (CED-44). Los resultados obtenidos mostraron niveles de estrés tan generales como los diferentes ambientes sociales de los participantes. En el estudio fueron incluidos factores demográficos y niveles de estudio. Las mediciones fueron comparadas por medio de pruebas T para muestras independientes para determinar la relación significante entre las variables y los niveles de estrés. Resultados: La relación entre los niveles de estrés y el género muestra un mayor grado de influencia de los estresados en el género femenino. Asimismo, factores como la sobrecarga académica y el poco tiempo de recreación enfatiza como la mayoría de la población estudiantil estresada. Discusión y Conclusiones: Antes del latente riesgo sicoló- gico entre estudiantes universitarios jóvenes, se sugiere, la imple- mentación de una iniciativa en los factores de estrés que al momen- to sirva de factor motivacional. (Saldaña C, De Loera L, Madrigal B, 2017. Evaluación de Niveles de Estrés de Estudiantes de Medicina de La Universidad Del Sur. Caso: Ciudad Guzmán. Cienc Trab. Ene-Abr; 19 [58]: 31-34). Palabras clave: SALUD MENTAL, ESTRÉS ACADÉMICO, FACTORES PSICOLÓGICOS. Correspondencia / Correspondence: Dra. Claudia Saldaña Orozco Universidad de Guadalajara, Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México López Mateos No. 33, Colonia Loma Bonita, Ciudad Guzmán, México Tel.:฀+52฀341883669฀•฀Fax:฀5752222฀Ext.฀46136 e-mail: claudias@cusur.udg.mx Recibido: 18 de Noviembre de 2016 / Aceptado: 25 de Enero de 2017 INTRODUCTION Within the academic field the daily circumstances are found vanished for the constant pressure that the students are found, ranging from the amount of responsibilities and the demand level, to mention some. The stress levels of the pupils are seen conside- rable altered for this fact, provoking consequences on their academic productivity. 1 According to Lazarus 2 the psychological stress is defined an impo- sition as “a particular relation, that is evaluated for the person as an imposition or exigency or like something that exceeds their resources, putting in danger its welfare”. It is considered that the academic results are inside the general answers by the stress and do not represent a cause of the stress itself. 3 Meaning that the negative results of the academic performance are the product of the stress conditions to whom the students are being submitted. Speaking of the stress it is impossible not to mention Hans Selye. His investigations made a step to a sequence of inquires that gradually inclined towards the branches of the Psychology and Sociology while Selye was accepting the physical answers of the body towards the stress, others investigators decided for the analysis of the daily events to consider the major stressing factors. These factors of psychological and subjective nature, are induced for our perception and interpretation of events and experiences. 4