Comportamiento asertivo y su correlación con la calidad de relación de pareja en padres de familia del Colegio Sagrados Corazones de La Concordia, Santo Domingo, 2023

Abstract

Background: assertiveness is a social tool, which allows you to clearly and directly express your desires, feelings and opinions aimed at a common negotiation space for any communicative relationship. Objective: determine the evaluation between assertive behavior and the quality of the couple relationship in parents of the Sagrados Corazones de La Concordia School, Santo Domingo, 2022 -2023. Methodology: analytical, transversal study. 200 people who met the inclusion criteria were surveyed. To assess assertiveness, the Rathus test was applied and the dyadic adjustment scale (DAS) was applied to couple quality. Descriptive statistics were used and non-parametric tests (p˂0.05) were applied for the comparison analysis, according to the Spearman Rho relationship. The information was presented in custom tables. Results: 57% had age ranges that ranged from 40 to 64 years, 63% were women, 99% were married or living in a common law union; Regarding occupation, 23% responded that they were small merchants. 92.5% were classified as not very assertive and in 96% of the cases in terms of the quality of the couple they were in a state prior to divorce; There is no statistical association between assertiveness and the quality of the couple's relationship (p=0.091). Conclusions: the majority of participants were classified as not very assertive, with poor quality of relationship. No statistical evaluation was found between assertiveness and the quality of the couple's relationship