Differences in the levels of adaptation, social support and family functionality according to the sex, age and school grade of children and adolescents affected by winter in Sucre, Colombia /
Objective: The study aimed to establish the differences in the levels of adaptation, social support, and perceived family functionality according to sex, age, and school grade of a sample of 160 children and adolescents affected by floods in the Mojana sub-region of the Department of Sucre, Colombia...
- Autores:
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Meza Cueto, Liliana
Palacio Sañudo, Jorge
Navarro Obeid, Jorge
Vergara Álvarez, María Laura
Navarro Villamizar, Daymar
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2022
- Institución:
- Corporación Universitaria del Caribe - CECAR
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Digital CECAR
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.cecar.edu.co:cecar/10925
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.cecar.edu.co/handle/cecar/10925
- Palabra clave:
- Misadaptation
Family functionality
Social support
Childhood
Adolescence
Floods
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Derechos Reservados - Corporación Universitaria del Caribe CECAR
| Summary: | Objective: The study aimed to establish the differences in the levels of adaptation, social support, and perceived family functionality according to sex, age, and school grade of a sample of 160 children and adolescents affected by floods in the Mojana sub-region of the Department of Sucre, Colombia. Method: Using a quantitative descriptive-comparative methodology, the Multifactorial Self-Evaluation Test of Child Adaptation - TAMAI, the MOS perceived social support questionnaire, and the family APGAR questionnaire was applied, analyzing the data obtained through variance analysis. Results: The results indicated statistically significant differences in social maladjustment according to sex and school grade. As for perceived social support, the differences are statistically significant for age groups in all dimensions of social support: positive social interaction, affective support, informational emotional support, instrumental support, and the overall social support index. Finally, in terms of family functionality, female subjects perceived greater functionality than male subjects. Conclusion: Demographic characteristics such as gender, age, and level of schooling condition the adaptation of children and adolescents in vulnerable contexts; there are differences in the levels of social adaptation and family functionality according to gender, and in the levels of family functionality, personal and social adaptation according to age. |
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