Apoyo Social en estudiantes universitarios de la ciudad de Loja, durante el año 2017

Abstract

In recent years, literature related to the social support of young people has classified social support as emotional, instrumental, informative and evaluative. In this context, this research analyzes the needs of social support in university students of the City of Loja, in the year 2017. The present research was carried out in a Higher Education Institution of the city of Loja, in the Degree in Psychology, Modality Face-to-face The sample with which we worked was 141 students (74 second cycle students and 67 fourth cycle students). For the field research, methods such as inductive, deductive, analytical and statistical were used; and techniques such as observation, bibliographic review, data collection, data processing and obtaining conclusions. Also, two instruments were used; the socioeconomic record and the social support inventory of Dunkel-Schetter, Feinstein, and Call (1986).

The results found in this study indicate that most of the parents of the respondents have higher education and private employment predominates in the parents of those investigated. In addition, it is evident that the mother is the person perceived as the closest person. It can be seen that communication is fluid among respondents with parents and that they know people who they consider to be close friends quite well