Inteligencia emocional y su relación en el consumo de alcohol en universitarios mexicanos

Abstract

Objective: to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and the prevalence of alcohol consumption in university students of both genders. Methods: descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational design, non-probabilistic convenience sampling with a sample of 365 students from a public institution of higher education in H. Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, descriptive and correlational statistics were used. Results: the female gender was higher (76.7%) than the male gender (23.3%), with an age range of 18 to 24 years, where the prevalence of alcohol consumption in life was 77% and the age of first consumption It was between 15 and 18 years old (56.4%), older than 18 years old (12.6%) and younger than 15 years old (8.5%), lapsico consumption was in the last year 38.8%, month 24.7% and 7 days 19.7%. The IE dimensions of attention to feelings and repair of emotions presented similar values ​​in both genders, mostly an adequate and excellent level. The correlation in women between the age of alcohol consumption and the EI dimensions was significant and inverse. Conclusions: young people present high prevalence of consumption and EI, it was found that for the male gender, emotional clarity requires strategies that allow it to be improved.