“la relación entre el grado de asertividad y el riesgo de consumo de alcohol en los estudiantes del colegio Galo Miño” en Ambato

Abstract

The present research work on the relationship between the degree of assertiveness and the risk of alcohol consumption in the students of the Colegio Galo Miño with the years of high school of the two specialties offered by the institution for the information necessary for this research was obtained Through the collection of data with Gambrill and Richey Assertion Inventory (AI) to determine the degree of discomfort in the subject, the estimated probability for assertive behavior to manifest, and the situations in which The evaluated one is more or less assertive, and the Questionnaire for the Risk of Consumption, with which it is tried the situations that tend to the consumption of alcohol in the adolescents. In the process, 110 high school students were evaluated, which showed that there was a relationship between the two variables, finding that 38% of those evaluated do not have assertive behaviors, which represents a moderate risk of alcohol consumption. Thus, adolescents who do not possess assertive behaviors are more likely to have moderate to severe risk of consuming alcohol in their adolescence, which triggers problems in the three main areas of development such as family, social and school personnel, As well as risk of consumption of other types of illegal stimulant substances that would cause great harm to adolescents and their families.