Estudio de la demanda social de la carrera de Psicología Clínica en la ciudad de Machala provincia de El Oro en los estudiantes de segundo y tercero de bachillerato de los colegios fiscales en el período 2015-2016

Abstract

The present research work evaluates the social demand of the career of Clinical Psychology in the students of the public schools of the second and third of baccalaureate in the city of Machala in El Oro province in the academic period 2015-2016. The methodological design was descriptive and quantitative characteristics were used. The sample was not probabilistic because of permission granted by the educational institutions. In the process of data collection was used a questionnaire applied to high-school students, which was carried out under the previously set parameters where demonstrate the following results: 1.6% of the population was chosen as first choice; being a relevant fact 48.9% of the students chose the career of clinical psychology as a second option of study; defines that this race occupied a third place in the area of health and welfare, leading medicine. These results point to the need to implement the career of clinical psychology at the University level.