Prevalence of stresses it infantile in students of basic education in schools public

Abstract

It was an exploratory study developed to identify the prevalence of the Infantile Stress in students of Public and particular Schools, in Santa Luzia - PB, with students of 4th class at elementary level. The data was collect in April 2002, through the Infantile Stress Scale, composed by 35 items that offers conditions to identify the Infantile Stress symptoms and signs in children from six to 14 years old. Sixy-seven was the sample, and forty of then studies at “A” school and 27 at “B” school, and the age set on 08 to 10 years old. Twenty-one students in the school “A” and 14 in school “B” are female. The Infantile Stress symptoms prevalence was 17 pupils in both schools - 8 on “A” and 9 on “B” school. From these 17 students, 2 (“A” School) had presented psychological reactions and 01 (“B” School) psychophysiology reactions; three students in both schools had demonstrated excessive concerning propensity, that probably means vulnerability to obsession, and only 1 on “A” school presented vulnerability for somatization. Concluding, independently of the school, the students had presented significant signs of Infantile Stress, and psico-pedagogic actions must be developed for treatment at school and home context.