Inteligencia emocional y ansiedad en usuarios de los Centros Especializados en Tratamiento de Adicciones Voluntad y Fortaleza y Centro Terapéutico Amor y Vida, de Cuenca, en el período 2022-2023

Abstract

Addiction to psychoactive substances is closely related to anxiety and emotional intelligence. Thus, the person may turn to drug use to deal with anxiety before falling into addiction or leaving it; and a low level of emotional intelligence indicates a more frequent and problematic drug use. The general objective of this research was to describe the dimensions of emotional intelligence and anxiety levels in users with problematic drug use according to sociodemographic variables such as age, marital status, educational level, substance consumed and number of hospitalizations in Specialized Centers for Treatment for People with Problematic Consumption of Alcohol and other drugs Voluntad y Fortaleza and Centro Terapéutico Amor y Vida. The study had a quantitative approach, a non-experimental, crosssectional design type, and a descriptive scope. We worked with a population of 40 people, who have drug addiction. The instruments applied were the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS-S), the Zung Anxiety Self-Assessment Scale and a sociodemographic file made by the author. As results, it was obtained that the anxiety levels that predominate in the users were mostly normal. In relation to the dimensions of emotional intelligence, they scored at medium high levels. This group has an average age of 30 years, most of whom are in their first hospitalization.