Amor, relación de pareja e infidelidad: interpretación de significados desde la psicología humanista, en los casos de cuatro jóvenes adultos.

Abstract

This research is born from the interest to understand, from a humanistic psychological approach, the meanings of the human being, that arise from the experience in the couple relationships, specifically, that they have experienced the infidelity, for which the cases of the experiences of 4 young adults from the city of Villavicencio, Meta. The development of the research is based on the hermeneutical paradigm, considering as relevant, the subjective expression of a reality according to the significance of the experience; At the same time, it is supported epistemologically in the existentialist philosophy and phenomenology, being the central axis the psychological approach Humanist. It is carried out, through the study of four cases, and in-depth interviews, being the method and qualitative techniques, respectively. The data were analyzed through 4 a priori categories (meanings, couple relationships, experiences of infidelity, and the self). It is concluded that the meanings in the cases addressed, are framed in the subjective experience of the self, the expressions of the self accentuate in self-perception, in expressing personal satisfactions and unmet needs in the relationship, and in terms of the implications of the experiences of infidelity, there is evidence of a change in the meaning and the manifest behavior, which accounts for the priority of being, in satisfying their needs and desires as opposed to those of the other, in order to contribute to personal growth and to the maintenance of relationships that favor self-realization.