La dependencia emocional y su relación con la adaptación social en estudiantes de bachillerato

Abstract

Emotional dependence involves emotional, cognitive, motivational and behavioral aspects oriented to the other, as well as distorted beliefs of affiliation and interdependence. Likewise, social adaptation is linked to psychological factors, typical of an environment with violations of favorable conditions for a full enjoyment of life. The relationship between the aforementioned variables in high school students was addressed. For this purpose, 70 students between 16 and 19 years of age were evaluated in an Ecuadorian educational unit; 70% of them were males and 30% were females. The Lemos & Londoño Emotional Dependence Questionnaire was used to evaluate emotional dependence, and the self-applied SASS social adaptation scale was used to evaluate social adaptation. It was concluded on the results that there is no correlation between emotional dependence and social adaptation (Rho = .049, p = .0688). The levels of social dependence remain independent of social adaptation in the students evaluated.