Estrategias de afrontamiento de los adolescentes que consumen alcohol de la Unidad Educativa Abelardo Tamariz Crespo en Cuenca en el período 2019 – 2020

Abstract

In the last years alcohol consumption has become a health problem at an increasingly early age; the consequences are related to social, family, and academic issues. In this research, the coping strategies used by adolescents alcohol consumers were identified. The participants were 46 students aged 15 to 17 from the “Unidad Educativa Abelardo Tamariz Crespo” school located in Cuenca. This research was of a quantitative approach, not a probabilistic one with a descriptive scope. The instrument applied were: a sociodemographic record and the adolescent coping scale (ACS) in its general form. The results indicate that adolescents who consume alcohol ignore the problem to a greater extent. In the same way, the predominate coping strategies were identified according to the gender variable, observing that male adolescents ignore the problem more frequently. In contrast, women use the worry copy strategy. Furthermore, in terms of age, 15 and 17-year-olds score high in the strategy of ignoring the problem, while 16-year-olds focus more on self-incrimination. It is concluded adolescents found that the non-productive coping style is used to a greater extent by those who consume alcohol