Análisis de las variables asociadas a la salud mental en los estudiantes de primero y segundo de bachillerato de la zona 9, distrito educativo norte, circuito 6, año lectivo 2015-2016

Abstract

Abstract: This research was about psychosocial variables that can produce mental disorders in the population of a high school in Quito-Ecuador, this population belonged to the first and second course in the period of 2015-2016 of the school year. The research pretended to describe how much is the relation between the students and the psychosocial variables. The analyzed variables were the followings: Type A personality, stress, social loneliness, psychological flexibity, vital engagement, resilience, anxiety/depression, life satisfaction and drugs consume. The instruments which we wore were the next ones: tests, questionnaires and scales. In base to the obtained information we analyzed the variables and its distribution in the high school population. Another point to consider were the variables of risk and protection. The most important variables of protection were the resilience and the life satisfaction, on the other hand the most important variables of risk were the type A personality and the social loneliness.