“Creencias irracionales y resiliencia”

Abstract

The present research will determine the relationship between irrational beliefs and resilience, having as direct beneficiaries the students of the Career of Clinical Psychology of the Technical University of Ambato, through the obtained results it will be possible to evidence the level of irrational beliefs and the degree of resilience; which will contribute to new research and the development of treatment plans in people who need it. For the selection of the study population, the sample formula was applied, resulting in a total of 186 people (127 women and 59 men), aged between 18 and 28 years. They were applied the Ellis Irrational Belief Test in order to know what is the predominant irrational idea they have and how it affects their daily lives, in addition to the Scale of Resilience of Wagnild and Young identifying the degree of resilience of each person. For the data analysis, the SPSS statistical program was taken as a reference through the Chi-square, where the results indicated the relationship between both variables, since the individuals who had an average level of irrationality also had a high resilient capacity, while people who possessed a high level of irrationality had a low level of resilience.