Manejo del conflicto individual tras la ruptura de la relación de pareja en adultos jóvenes.

Abstract

The present investigative work aims to analyze the individual conflicts that young adults between 20 and 25 years of age present after the breakdown of the couple's relationship by means of a case study that allows the design of strategies for the adequate management of these conflicts in the future. We worked under a qualitative approach, with a case study design in which 3 young adults with ages between 20 and 25 from different departments of the Colombian territory were obtained as a sample; On the other hand, a population triangulation was carried out, for which reason the closest friend ofeach participant and a psychologist who is an expert in couples therapy were included in this research. For data collection, 3 semi-structured interviews were developed, applied in a virtual way to the aforementioned populations. According to the results, the participants experienced feelings ofsadness, anger, frustration, as a result ofthe break, and for this reason they carried out new activities, they went to friends, to the help of a professional, as coping strategies. Each ofthe participants lived with different intensity each ofthe emotions and, likewise, implemented different forms ofcoping in the grieving process and in the management ofindividual conflicts, which allowed the design of strategies for the proper management of said conflicts resulting from the breakup. As a result of the break, and for which they carried out new activities, they turned to friends, to the help of a professional, as coping strategies. Each of the participants lived with different intensity each of the emotions and, likewise, implemented different forms of coping in the grieving process and in the management of individual conflicts, which allowed the design of strategies for the proper management of said conflicts resulting from the breakup. As a result ofthe break, and for which they carried out new activities, they turned to friends, to the help of a professional, as coping strategies. Each of the participants lived with different intensity each of the emotions and, likewise, implemented different forms of coping in the grieving process and in the management of individual conflicts, which allowed the design of strategies for the proper management of said conflicts resulting from the breakup.