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Study of the relationships between behavioral addictions, impulsivity and substance use in adolescents: Multicage CAD 4 and DEN validation in Ecuador

Abstract:

Adolescence is a stage of complex development can be marked by an increase in impulsiveness where they begin to establish the first relationships of couple. At the same time, impulsiveness is closely related to the consumption of substances and addictive behaviors. Therefore, the purpose of this research has been to observe the relationship between impulsivity, substance use, addictive behaviors and emotional dependence in a sample of 1533 Ecuadorian adolescents, with ages between 14 and 18, and to validate the evaluation instruments Escala de Dependencia Emocional en el Noviazgo de Jóvenes y Adolescentes (DEN; Urbiola, Estévez and Iraurgi, 2014) and MULTICAGE CAD 4 (Pedrero Pérez et al., 2007). Among the results can be found good psychometric properties for both instruments, having adequate results to evaluate emotional dependence and addictions in adolescent Ecuadorian population. On the other hand, there have been statistically significant relationships between the variables studied, and discusses the relationship that keeps impulsiveness, alcohol consumption and substance use and emotional dependence.