Saúde mental e fatores associados em escolares do ensino médio de Alegrete/RS

Abstract

Adolescence is characterized by several biopsychosocial changes and still has the construction of identity as its main task. During this phase, adolescents go through processes of loss and face commitments that can directly affect their mental health and school performance. In this context, the aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between common mental disorders and school performance in adolescents. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which was carried out with high school adolescents from state public schools in the city of Alegrete/RS. Adolescence is characterized by several biopsychosocial changes and still has the construction of identity as its main task. During this phase, adolescents go through processes of loss and face commitments that can directly affect their mental health and school performance. In this context, the aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between common mental disorders and school performance in adolescents. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which was carried out with high school adolescents from state public schools in the city of Alegrete/RS.There was no significant association between mental health and school performance (p>0.05). Also, about half of the investigated adolescents consider their mental health to be fair and 23.5% to be poor, while 36.9% of the boys consider their mental health to be good and 21.5% to be excellent. Through the research carried out, it is concluded that the variables researched were not related to school performance, on the other hand the behavioral factors were significantly associated with high level of anxiety and with the presence of CMD in adolescents, as well as girls with a higher percentage of anxiety and a higher probability of having CMD. When analyzing the high levels of anxiety, as well as the significant presence of CMD in schoolchildren, the need to promote interventional pedagogical actions aimed at adolescents in the school context is perceived.