Micromachismo y factores psicosociales en estudiantes Universitarios

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the “Micromachismos” and Psychosocial factors in the students of “social work” career at the Technical University of Ambato to enhance the university environment, with a descriptive and correlating nature, and a population made up of 168 students. Nowadays these behaviors are presented in a softened way, due to the normalization with which it is rooted in society, this is the finality of demonstrate the power and dominance through maneuvers that harm the integrity and female autonomy. However, these behaviors are related through of different psychosocial factors, whose results show us actions of devaluation towards women, acting with maneuvers that imposes masculine truths in order to maintain control in the couple. To carry out this research, a quantitative methodology was used, in which there were two questionnaires, for the dependent variable the "psychosocial behavioral imbalance" questionnaire was used, with eighty questions and nine dimensions that are emotional instability, aggressiveness, resentment , low self-esteem, mistrust, hopelessness, dependency, family maladjustment and social maladjustment while in the independent variable the questionnaire "Micromachismo” or microviolence in the couple relationship: An empirical approach" was used with twenty-five items, made up of four dimensions, coercive, covert, crisis and utilitarian. Finally, with the hypothesis verification we can see a positive correlation, because it was evidenced that psychosocial factors affect “micromachismo”, which shows us that university students practice these behaviors and affect comprehensive well-being.