Dependencia emocional y estrategias de afrontamiento en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

Emotional dependence consists of a pattern of extreme affective need that an individual has towards another in his or her different interpersonal relationships, mainly affecting the couple. The origin of this situation may be due to various causes, for example, the lack or inadequate management of coping strategies that are essential to cope with conflictive life events. The aim of the present study is to determine the relationship between emotional dependence and coping strategies in university students. The applied methodology is quantitative, non-experimental, and descriptive-correlational design. The population consisted of 226 physiotherapy students, whose ages ranged from 18 to 26 years, with a mean of 21.2, to whom the Emotional Dependence Questionnaire (EDC) and the Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI) with their respective adaptations were applied. Thus, the results obtained showed that there is no significant correlation between the two study variables. In addition, it could be corroborated that 62.8% of the sample has a low level of emotional dependence and that an average of 81.3 students use social withdrawal as a coping strategy. In conclusion, it is considered that the conflictive situations that the person goes through are varied and motivate the subject to use different coping strategies, not necessarily being the main factor a degree of emotional dependence.