AUTOESTIMA Y DEPENDENCIA EMOCIONAL EN ADOLESCENTES DE LA CIUDADELA “LAS ORQUIDEAS” DEL CANTÓN PORTOVIEJO

Abstract

The objective of this research work is to determine self-esteem and emotional dependence in adolescents from the citadel "Las Orquídeas" in the canton of Portoviejo. In this way, a non-experimental type of research was carried out, using a mixed, quantitative and qualitative approach, which descriptive and bibliographical methods were used. A sample consisting of 15 adolescents was applied, these instruments for this present investigation used the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (EAR) and the Lemos and Londoño Emotional Dependence Questionnaire (CDE); As a result, the relationship between self-esteem and emotional dependence was obtained, whose results complement the objectives of the research, indicating that the greater the emotional dependence, the lower the self-esteem, and that the greater the self-esteem, the less emotional dependence, concluding with the existence of the relationship between these two variables.