Impacto socioeconómico en las familias por adicciones al alcohol y las drogas en jóvenes de 25 a 44 años del Barrio 7 de Julio

Abstract

In this degree thesis, research is carried out on the socio-economic impact of alcohol and drug addiction on families in people aged 25-44 in the 7 de Julio neighborhood. Nowadays, the abuse of drugs and alcohol causes socio-economic impacts on society, one of them being the growing rise of delinquency, as individuals become dependent on those substances, however, in the family it produces disintegration, forming inconveniences due to violence on the part of the consumer; in the same way, harmful effects on both physical and emotional health are unleashed. The study aims to establish the socio-economic impact generated in families by the process of addiction, it is in the framework of the functional-structuralist theory, due to the context of the subsystems that interact with each other, of equal importance is determined the affectation of the problem in the economy of those involved, the effects caused in family relationships, the perception of the inhabitants of the sector before the socio-economic risk factors that affect the tendency to consume the aforementioned substances. It is important to mention that the work is located in the line of investigation of society and culture, indicated in the guidelines of the Sociology degree, in such a way that the study is feasible due to the access to information, support of scientific articles, economic resources for the materials, availability of time, as well as the collaboration and disposition of professionals. The methodological approach is quantitative, the method corresponds to the deductive, giving validity to the concepts from the premises given, with respect to the technique on which the field research is based is the survey, being as an instrument the questionnaire. By means of the application of the aforementioned tool, it is obtained that there is a high percentage of excessive consumption of alcohol and drugs in the context of the study, consequently, the existence of different types of violence in the family nucleus is identified, resulting in 27.92% physical violence, while 25.97% verbal violence and 9.74% referring to psychological violence. In addition, addictions are detrimental to the economic situation in households, as they have repercussions such as loss of work, instability in intra-family relations, isolation, and therefore, the breaking of emotional ties. The investigation is framed in the establishment of proposals and strategies giving possible solutions to the problems found, therefore, we proceed to the selection of the requirement to intervene, establishing as a proposal "training for the prevention of alcohol and drug consumption, and alternatives to avoid some type of violence in the families of the 7 Julio neighborhood", with the purpose of generating the prevention of the consumption of substances and alternatives in the decrease of intra-family violence, by means of the fulfilment of the art. 364 established in the Constitution of Ecuador, contributing to the improvement of family relations, this will directly benefit 350 families who live in the neighborhood, as well as indirectly benefiting the population and neighboring neighborhoods in the sector.