Inflexibilidad psicológica y rasgos de personalidad en hombres con consumo problemático de drogas institucionalizados en un centro de adicciones de la ciudad de Loja

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Abstract:The purpose of this final degree project was to establish the level of psychological inflexibility (IP) and determine personality traits in men with problematic drug use. The research is based on being exploratory, descriptive, quantitative and non-experimental, whose total sample was 21 institutionalized men in a center for people with dependence on drugs in the city of Loja in the province of Loja, a questionnaire was applied Ad Hoc, Abbreviated Questionnaire Big Five (BFI) and the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II). The results showed that, the only feature that was found in a high dimension, was that of Neuroticism, with an average of 24.86 and DT = 2.59, which indicates that these types of people are impulsive, do not possess emotional stability and have certain propensity to have criminal behavior. Regarding the level of IP in the population, 38.09% obtained a high score, indicating that this percentage of the population is prone to use drugs as a means of avoidance behavior in situations that generate discomfort.