Influencia de la personalidad en factores psicosociales y la salud mental de población adulta ecuatoriana

Abstract

Abstract: Personality represents the dynamic adjustment structure of the person's physical and mental system that may be influenced by adverse childhood experiences, life history, and impulsivity, regulating or affecting mental health. Thus, the proposed objective was to describe psychosocial variables in the adult population of the Ventanas canton, Los Ríos Province, and to relate personality types with mental health indicators. The methodology was developed using a quantitative, non-experimental approach, with a cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational design; with a non-probabilistic accessibility-accidental sampling, the sample was made up of 73 adults; Online information was collected using the following instruments: Ad Hoc Questionnaire, TIPI-10, K-SF-42, Young's Schema Questionnaire, Brief-A, PHQ-4. The results suggest that the personality of responsibility stands out in the sample; they have a perception of rapid life history strategies, reported less perception of adverse childhood experiences, and present fewer impulsive characteristics; The emotional stability personality type is negatively and moderately related to anxiety and depression.