Disfuncionalidad Familiar y Estrategias de Afrontamiento con Relación a los Niveles de Depresión en los Estudiantes de la Carrera de Enfermería de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato, del Cantón Ambato, de la Provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

This research aims to investigate whether family dysfunction and coping strategies are related to depression levels, the study was conducted with the students of the School of Nursing at the Technical University of Ambato. Checking the different scientific concepts that address the problem of dysfunctional families and different coping strategies provides that when there are problems in the family system can be caused to physical and psychological imbalances emotional level members of the family and not having the right to face stressful situations, strategies can bring on depression. In order to determine the relationship that may exist between family dysfunction, coping strategies and depression levels, it has made a qualitative and quantitative transversal correlational research, field and bibliographic-documentary, where the Family Functioning applied (FF-SIL), Stress Coping Questionnaire (CAE) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) to 174 students of the undergraduate course at the Technical University of Ambato. The results obtained in this research conclude that the 55.75% of students have a moderately functional family, in relation to coping strategies was obtained that 26.44% of students use positive reappraisal against the generating various stress situations and with respect to the presence of depression was obtained 81.61% that has no depression or symptoms are minimal