Browsing by Author "Espinoza Ortiz, Antonio Alejandro"

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Estilos de afrontamiento en adolescentes de colegios de la ciudad de Cuenca, Ecuador
(2018) Espinoza Ortiz, Antonio Alejandro; Guaman Arias, Marco Patricio; Siguenza Campoverde, Wilson Guillermo
The aim of this paper was to combine the styles of facing situations with the variables of sex and stages of the vital cycle of adolescents from private, fiscal, and mixed funded institutions from the urban area in Cuenca from 2015 to 2017. A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive and transversal approach was fallowed. The population was formed by 18 777 adolescents from 16 to 19 years old. The sample was taken from 1 001 students and it was statisti- cally estimated with sample mistake, occurrence probability, non-occurrence probability and confidence level. The non- probabilistic method was used, by quote and intentionally chosen. The socio-demographic data collection sheet and the adolescents coping scales were the instruments used. The use of four basic strategies and of two facing styles was the fundamental result obtained. We could get to the conclusion that the strategies aimed to the solution of problems prevail
Estudio descriptivo de los sucesos de vida estresores en adolescentes
(2018) Méndez Arévalo, Gabriela Alexandra; Guamán Arias, Marco Patricio; Siguenza Campoverde, Wilson Guillermo; Espinoza Ortiz, Antonio Alejandro
Adolescence is one of the stages of development in which problems and difficulties that threaten the physical and mental harmony of young people in their social environment are experienced. One of these problems are the stressful events experienced by adolescents in this period of transition, reflected in; excessive consumption of food, alcoholism, vandalism among others. Given these situations, the main aim of this study was to determine the life events stressful in high school students of an educational institution in the city of Cuenca. The approach used was quantitative with a type of design descriptive, sampling was probabilistic and the sample consisted of 115 adolescents of both sexes between 16 and 18 years of age. The instrument used was the questionnaire for the exploration of stress factors: Life Events, by Lucio and Durán, 2004. The most common positive stressful life events recorded were: "Improved my relationships with other people" 73.91%, "I met New friends "69.56%," I share more time with my friends or partners "68.69%. Regarding the life events negative stressful, the most frequent were: "I got depressed" 57.39%, "I could not get what I wanted" 56.52%, "I had a love disappointment" 54.78%. Negative areas such as the family area with 39.13%, social with 28.69%, and health with 26.95% are also highlighted, whose prevalence represents a higher level of risk of emotional alterations.