Influencia de la personalidad en factores psicosociales y la salud mental de población adulta del sector camaronero de la ciudad de Durán, provincia del Guayas

Abstract

Abstract: A person's personality is continuously affected by psychosocial variables, such as life history, adverse experiences, conditioning mental health, such as anxiety and depressive disorders. The present study aims to describe psychosocial variables in the Ecuadorian adult population, and to relate their personality traits with mental health indicators. The study had a quantitative approach, and a non-experimental design, with a processed sample of 48 people, to whom an Ad Hoc socio-demographic questionnaire, the Ten Item Personality Measure (TIPI10) inventory, the life history battery (K-SF-42), Young's schema questionnaire, the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult version (BRIEF-A) and the anxiety and depression questionnaire (PHQ) 4 were applied. The predominant personality traits are responsibility and emotional stability, where the psychosocial variable of life history is above average, but with a low perception of adverse experiences and impulsivity; on mental health, women show greater manifestations of anxiety and depression. The study concludes that the personality factor of emotional stability inversely affects levels of depression and anxiety.