Estudio de pertinencia y demanda social de la carrera de psicología clínica en colegios particulares y fiscomisionales de la ciudad de Loja

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Abstract: The present research called "Study of relevance and social demand for Clinical Psychology program in private and public schools in the city of Loja" whose main objective is to know and analyze the relevance and social demand for the Clinical Psychology program in 2nd and 3rd years of senior private and public schools in the city of Loja, and to know the reasons decisions and interests that lead them to study this program. In addition, this study has analyzed the gender differences among students who wish to study Clinical Psychology program in the future. The methodological design used is a quantitative, descriptive and transversal approach, and the instrument used is an ad hoc questionnaire consisting of three sections: sociodemographic, academic and expectations for further training data. The most relevant results show that 10.1% of the students surveyed want to study Clinical Psychology program, with the majority of students being female. Besides, it was shown that this program is the second among others, which presents more demand from students.