  We derive the the effective lagrangian that describes the interactions among
vector, axial-vector mesons and pseudoscalars starting from the extended chiral
quark model (ECQM). The results for the low-energy constants of this effective
lagrangian have a parametric resemblance with existing predictions based on the
Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model (except for some overall signs that we correct), but
are numerically different. Therefore a precise measurement of these decay
constants can shed some light on the way chiral symmetry breaking is modelled
in QCD. Although most of the constants are poorly measured, comparison with
phenomenology allows us to determine one of the parameters of the ECQM that
could not be fully determined in previous analyses.
