Niveles de depresión y autoestima en niños y adolescentes de 10 a 16 años que tiene una vida laboral temprana de la Fundación Proyecto Salesiano Acción Guambras centro de referencia la Tola de la ciudad Quito en el año 2021-2022

Abstract

In Ecuador there is a high rate of child labor despite the fact that the children's code establishes that the work of children and adolescents under 15 years of age is totally prohibited, there has been an increase in minors who go out to the streets to work, this due to the economic problems existing in the country, the need for cheap labor, lack of access to education or they are simply forced to cooperate at home forced to carry out activities harmful to their age, because of this they can present psychological problems since being in hostile environments and spending many hours at work could generate mood swings, stress, low self-esteem, etc. That is why this research project seeks to determine the levels of self-esteem and depression due to this problem of child labor. To obtain quantitative data, cognitive behavioral tests of both depression and self-esteem were applied to identify the existing levels in the Foundation in those who are within the age of 10 to 16 years, in addition, psychological interviews were carried out in order to gather information. that help to correlate child labor with the aforementioned variables. All the data collected showed that the phenomenon of child labor leaves repercussions on minors since as a result it was obtained that there are a large number of children and adolescents who have low levels of self-esteem and despite the fact that they are within the average in the levels of depression they have tendencies to present higher levels, levels that worry and encourage to look for ways to try to eradicate child labor in our country.