ANXIETY PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL STUDENTS: A REVIEW OF THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE BETWEEN THE YEARS 2015-2020

Abstract

This study presents a systematic review conducted on anxiety in school students with the
objective of analyzing the causes and consequences of this mental health problem in school
students, through a systematic review from the years 2015 to 2020. For this purpose, a
search was carried out in important scientific databases such as: Scopus, EBSCO and
SciELO, using the most important keywords related to the topic. Selection criteria were
applied to those papers that do not meet the proposed characteristics, through a rigorous
selection process detailed by the search process flow of the PRISMA model. The main
conclusions were the factors that could be considered as predictors of anxiety in children as
the loss of habits and routines and psychosocial stress, children in poverty with problems of
family cohesion and family dysfunctionality, as well as the socioeconomic level and
nutritional status. Results show it is important to design prevention and early intervention
programs in childhood and adolescence from the framework of transdiagnostic cognitive
behavioral therapy, as well as to establish intervention proposals to promote prosocial
behaviors in the educational institution.