Family Functionality and Self-esteem, a study in adolescents of Secondary Education of Metropolitan Lima
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The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of relationship or association between family
functionality and self-esteem in students of Regular Basic Education of a Public Educational
Institution of the City of Lima; It responds to basic research with a quantitative approach, correlational
level and non-experimental design; 127 students participated in it, to whom the Olson Family
Cohesion and Adaptability scale phases III and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were administered
through the observation technique, both instruments having validity and reliability requirements; In
this regard, the results showed that 47.2% of the students evaluated present a medium-range type of
family and 52.0% an extreme family, also considering them as separated in 88% and disconnected in
31%; Likewise, regarding the dimensions of cohesion and adaptability, the type of family was chaotic
at 92.12% and flexible at 3.93%. Regarding self-esteem, the respondents show it in 98% at the high
level compared to 1.6% who show it at a medium level. Concluding that family functionality is related
to self-esteem in a moderate positive way in students from that educational context.
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