Abstract
Objective: Analyze the correlation between anxiety and family distance in students at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) - Lagarto campus. Methods: This is a descriptive and quantitative research carried out with students from the Federal University of Sergipe campus of Lagarto. The research was developed in June and July, 2019, the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to measure the intensity of anxiety symptoms through self-report. Results: Data from 145 university students were collected. Of these, 62,8% were female, 94,5% were between 18 and 21 years old, 69% were single, 95,2% had no employment, 60,7% lived in the city where the university is located, 58,6% were sedentary, 8,4% slept less than 7 hours, 11,7% had a diagnosis of mental illness, 76,6% did not underwent psychological treatment and 25,5% used medication for anxiety. There was homogeneity in the number of cases for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, with lower cases of minimal anxiety, and these levels were significantly related only to physical activity (0,019) and treatment with a psychologist (0,045). Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of anxiety among the university students in this research, but this fact is not related to family distance.