aspg-21-1086-1791475954 20261008161234 American Scientific Publishing Group admin@americaspg.com American Scientific Publishing Group International Journal of Neutrosophic Science IJNS 2692-6148 2690-6805 2022 18 3 Maikel Leyva Vázquez Regional Autonomous University of the Andes (UNIANDES), Babahoyo, Ecuador Patty Elizabeth Del Pozo Franco Regional Autonomous University of the Andes (UNIANDES), Babahoyo, Ecuador Alex Javier Peñafiel Palacio Regional Autonomous University of the Andes (UNIANDES), Babahoyo, Ecuador This study is based on conducting surveys and multicriteria decision methods to determine the main factors influencing youth violence in Ecuador. To do this, a sample made up of young perpetrators of various types of crimes and other agents involved in the process in the city of Guayaquil is analyzed. The analysis carried out is based on the use of the DEMATEL method in its neutrosophic version so that the indeterminacies of the real world can be handled. The result obtained reveals that the factors with the highest incidence in youth violence in the analyzed sample are substance abuse or delinquency by parents, poor surveillance and supervision of children by parents, poor disciplinary practices, and emotional deficiencies of the parents, as well as exposure to domestic violence. It is recommended that prevention actions to minimize the proliferation of youth violence focus on these aspects for greater optimization of the results. 2022 199 207 1086 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 10.54216/IJNS.1803017 https://www.americaspg.com/journal/21/article/1086 https://www.americaspg.com/storage/2728.pdf