“La violencia psicológica y la autoestima de las mujeres del movimiento indígena de Tungurahua de la ciudad de Ambato”

Abstract

This research work had as main question, determine the relationship of psychological violence with self-esteem of indigenous women from the indigenous movement of Tungurahua Ambato city, starting from the point of view cognitive behavior to analyze the thoughts and ideas irrational featuring indigenous women cognitively and affecting their self-esteem. The research is focused on the interest of what is happening today in our society, which has been commissioned, to create stereotypes, psychological violence is any conduct, direct verbal or nonverbal, that is directed to cause emotional damage, which causes damage to the self-esteem of indigenous women, cognitively generates irrational thinking, self-concept, their self-worth, which would lead to cause diseases such as anxiety, depression, stress, sleep disorders, it is important to mention that cognitive therapy indigenous woman who has suffered violence start generating coping strategies for a better quality of life. The research will be carried out exploratory level because first be investigated, using the bibliographical-documentary research and field association level variables. It will be assessed 200 women, who were applied a questionnaire violence Caceres (2001) and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale which enjoy reliability, reliability and validity