Abstract

MORENO-MENDEZ, Jaime Humberto; UMBARILA-CONTRERAS, Lina Isabel  and  FRANCO-TORRES, Leidy Viviana. Relation between family dynamics, externalizing behaviors and self-esteem in school children. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2019, vol.13, n.2, pp.43-54.  Epub Jan 12, 2021. ISSN 1900-2386.  https://doi.org/10.21500/19002386.3954.

The objective of this study is to identify the relation between family dynamics, externalizing behaviors and self-esteem in 158 dyads of parents whose children are between 8 and 12 years old, and who belong to a public and other private school in the Bogota city. In order to get this objective, the type of study is descriptive-correlational, quantitative and design cross-sectional. The Parent Educational Styles Assessment Questionnaire (CEEP), the Child Behavior Check List (CBCL), the parent format, and the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale were used as a measure. It found that in the group of participants of the public school there is a negative correlation between shared leisure and externalizing behavior. and between externalizing behavior and self-esteem. Finally, it found that both in public and private school participants, there is a positive correlation between familiar conflicts and externalizing behavior.

Keywords : Family dynamics; externalizing behaviors; childhood self-esteem.

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