ESTRATEGIAS DE RESILIENCIA PARA LA CONTENCIÓN EMOCIONAL FRENTE AL COVID-19 EN LA CIUDADELA INÉS MORENO DEL CANTÓN BOLÍVAR

Abstract

The objective of this research is to propose resilience strategies for emotional containment against Covid-19 in the Ciudadela Inés Moreno of the Bolívar Canton. For this, the conceptual bases referring to resilience strategies were determined, the degree of knowledge of the aforementioned people about emotional containment was established and resilience strategies that contribute to emotional containment against Covid-19 were developed. The research was carried out under the qualitative approach, the documentary method was applied and the structured interview technique was applied. The population was made up of inhabitants of the Inés Moreno Citadel of the Bolívar Canton, Ecuador. Among the results obtained, it is important to highlight that the interviewees relate emotional containment with the management of their own emotions, with the way they control them and it is appreciated that Covid-19 has impacted their emotions, ambivalence is observed, on the one hand, they want to have the same freedom as before, but at the same time they are afraid of going out and getting infected. Today more than ever, due to the psychological consequences that the pandemic has left on the population, it is essential that psychology professionals be able to offer care to communities to offer strategies that help develop resilience for emotional support in the face of Covid-19.