Dependencia emocional y calidad de vida en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

Emotional dependence is the persistent loss of unsatisfied emotional needs that are attempted to be covered in a maladaptive way with other people. On the other hand, quality of life is considered as a property that human beings have to experience conditions or situations of their environment to generate a state of general satisfaction in the individual. The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between emotional dependence and quality of life in university students of clinical psychology at the Technical University of Ambato. The study population consisted of 140 university participants, 105 women and 35 men from different semesters, aged between 18 and 27 years, with an average age of 20.7. The Emotional Dependence Inventory (EDI) was used to measure the level of emotional dependence, and the Quality of Life Scale (GENCAT) was used to evaluate the mean quality of life scores. The methodology applied was a cross-sectional design, with a quantitative research approach and a descriptive-correlational scope. It was found that in the dimensions of emotional dependence that are inversely related with p-values < 0.05 in relation to quality of life so there was an inverse relationship between the quality of life index and the dimensions of emotional dependence such as fear of breakup (0. 010), fear and intolerance of loneliness (0.037), priority of the partner (<.001), desire for exclusivity, subordination and submission (0.045) and desire for control (0.002), but there is no relationship with need for access to the partner (0.112) with value >0.05. In addition, when comparing the quality of life according to sex in the participants, it was shown that there is no statistically significant difference