Abstract

LUNA, Edwin Gerardo; ZAMBRANO GUERRERO, Christian; CEBALLOS MORA, Ana Karen  and  OJEDA ROSERO, Elizabeth. Relationship between risk perception, stress and coping to extreme risks in a student community located in a volcanic threat zone. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2019, vol.36, n.2, pp.207-227. ISSN 0123-417X.  https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.36.2.155.8.

The research aimed to determine the degree of correlation between the variables: perception of volcanic risk, stress and coping to extreme risks in students of an educational institution. A descriptive-correlational method was used, and the instruments that were applied: Coping to Extreme Risks, Risk Perception and Tolousana Stress Scale. It is observed that the different factors of the stress test are correlated with passive, active coping and feelings of insecurity. In the risk perception test, the feeling of insecurity are correlated with coping active and passive, while the feeling of control, only are correlated with the active coping.

Keywords : exclusion; inclusion; young students; plurality; university.

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