Análisis de la relación entre las estrategias de afrontamiento y el consumo de alcohol en personas de 40 - 55 años pertenecientes a un grupo de apoyo situado en el sector del Valle de los Chillos

Abstract

The present research will analyze the relationship between coping strategies and alcohol consumption in 20 people between 40-55 years of age belonging to a support group. The research maintains a mixed descriptive-correlational cross-sectional approach, and the methods used in the quantitative part were the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Questionnaire (AUDIT) and the modified COPING Strategies Scale (EEC-M) and in the qualitative part a semi-structured interview in which categories and dimensions related to the topic in question were taken into account. Finally, the results highlight that there is no significant relationship between coping strategies and alcohol consumption, in addition to this, it is emphasized that 95% of the studied population presents a probable addiction, in addition to identifying that the most used coping strategy is waiting where the person seeks that the negative situation will resolve itself with the passage of time.