Dependencia emocional en relación de pareja en estudiantes de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de Cuenca. Año 2020

Abstract

The emotional dependence as one of the psychosocial factors that constitutes a problem generated within an abusive and possessive environment; it manifests itself in relationships based on inequality, submission and demands, where the dependent person shows excessive attachment to another person, in order to satisfy their emotional needs. Faced with this situation, the general objective of this research is to determine the relationship between emotional dependence in couple relationships and socio-demographic variables, as well as to determine the factors of emotional dependence which prevail in students of the School of Psychology of the University of Cuenca and establish differences according to sex, age, career, cycle, couple status, number of children, ethnic self-identification, place of origin, place of residence, family of origin and employment. This study has a quantitative approach, of correlational and transversal scope, with a non-experimental design. The participants are students of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Cuenca, in the careers of Clinical, Social, educational and Psychology degree, during the period March-July 2020. Two instruments were used for the information gathering: a sociodemographic sheet and Questionnaire of Emotional Dependence. Among the main results, it is evident that the students under study present a low level of emotional dependence. Therein, the factors: Affective expression of the couple and Attention seeking prevail, and the sociodemographic variables included in the Emotional Dependence are sex, age, socioeconomic condition and number of children.