Relación entre autoestima y regulación emocional en adolescentes en un colegio de la ciudad de Loja, Ecuador.

Adolescence is an essential period for the generation and establishment of self-acceptance, interpersonal relationships, with emphasis on self-esteem and emotional regulation, important factors for well-being. Therefore, the research aimed to determine the relationship between self-esteem and emotional regulation in adolescents. To achieve the aforementioned, a methodology with a quantitative approach, descriptive, correlational scope, with a non-experimental and cross-sectional design was used. The 201 participants were selected through non-probabilistic convenience sampling, to whom the instrument was applied: Coopersmith Questionnaire and the DERS instrument. The correlational analysis indicated a considerable significant inverse relationship between self-esteem and difficulties in emotional regulation (Spearman's Rho -.624; p<0.001), that is, at a higher level of self-esteem, the lower the degree of difficulties in emotional regulation and inversely at a lower-level self-esteem, greater degree of difficulties in emotional regulation. The study concluded a considerable significant inverse correlation between self-esteem and difficulties in emotional regulation. This fact allowed us to accept the proposed hypothesis: There is a significant relationship between self-esteem and emotional regulation in adolescents from 14 to 19 years old. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]