Rasgos de personalidad asociados a posturas ideológicas frente al aborto inducido en mujeres estudiantes de psicología

Abstract

The personality is a stable and lasting organization composed of traits, the relationship between it and the possibility of abortion is evidenced, relating them to basic psychological predicates such as self-awareness for the decision making. The objective of this study is to relate the personality traits with the position against the induced abortion of the women at the Psychology Faculty at University of Cuenca. For the data collection was used the 16 PF-5 Personality Questionnaire and Reasoning About Abortion Questionnaire RAQ, the sample consisted of 208 university women, the study had a correlational and cross-sectional scope. The age of the study participants varied between 18 and 35 years, with a predominance of Catholic religion and average socioeconomic level. It was also evident that 62% of the participants are in favor of abortion.