Bienestar espiritual y agresividad en internos con adicciones a sustancias psicoactivas en centros de rehabilitación de Lima, Perú

Objective: to determine the relationship between the spiritual welfare and aggressiveness; to describe the spiritual well-being based on religion and gender; to relate the spiritual well-being with anger, hostility, physical and verbal aggression. Method: hypothetical, deductive, non-experimental study. The sample was made up of 306 inmates with addiction to psychoactive substances in rehabilitation centers of Lima, Peru. The subscale of the religious dimension of the Spiritual Well-being Scale by Paloutzian and Ellison and the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire were used as instruments. Results: there is a significant relationship between spiritual well-being and aggressiveness. Likewise, there is a significant relationship between spiritual well-being and three of the components of aggression: physical aggression, verbal aggression, and hostility. Yet, with the component of anger, no significant relationship was found. Conclusion: the Internet addiction in relation to aggression in high school students from different regions of Peru is a positive and significant relationship.