Estudio correlacional entre dependencia emocional y conducta de sexting en estudiantes femeninas del Programa de Psicología de la Universidad de Pamplona sede Cúcuta.

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the relationship between emotional dependence and sexting behavior in female students of the psychology program of the University of Pamplona Cúcuta headquarters. Therefore, the research has a quantitative approach, with a cross-experimental nonexperimental design of an exploratory-correlational type, as well as the application of ECS and CDE instruments for the collection of the respective information. As a result, it is obtained that 98.4% of the population studied occasionally and / or frequently practice sexting behavior, and 29% of the population exhibits some degree of emotional dependence. Following this, the relationship of variables is made using the SSPS statistical package with the Spearman correlation coefficient and within which a direct relationship between sexting and emotional dependence is obtained with a low level of significance (rho = 0.225), (p = 0.079).