The aim of this study was to evaluate the personality of students in the eighth, ninth and tenth years of the Private Educational Units of the Ambato-Ecuador canton, using the Eysenck Personality Test. Initially, we worked with a population of 287 students between 13 and 15 years of age of both sexes, the aspects evaluated by the questionnaire are the dimensions of the children's personality, these differential structures shape their relationships with learning situations and their adaptations to the social environment;however, the analysis of criterion "L" - Truthfulness, included in the questionnaire, led to the exclusion of 231(80.48%)students from the research, originating the presentation of results based on 56(19.52%) students. The dimensions evaluated were: (i) E= introversion - extroversion; (ii) N= stability - instability; and (iii) L = truthfulness (lie scale) where it was identified that most students are in an ambiverted range, characteristic of age, being able to be considered as flexible people who can be introverted and extroverted depending on social conditions, being this an incident aspect in the formation of emotional intelligence.

Authors:
Santiago Velastegui, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador
Magaly Margarita Narváez-Rios, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE, Ecuador
Diana Velastegui, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador
Lourdes Viviana Moreira Rosales, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE, Ecuador

About the Presenter(s)
Professor Magaly Margarita Narváez-Rios is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at University of the Armed Forces - ESPE in Ecuador

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