Objetive:

Establish the degree of Family Functionality and the family functions of the families of schoolchildren who present behavior of psychosocial risk in an educational institution of Sincelejo, during the year 2015

Materials and methods:

A quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the distribution of family functionality and family relationships in schoolchildren with behavioral psychosocial risk. Population constituted by 440 school children, sample of 69 school children with psychosocial risk behaviors. Data were collected using the FF-SIL Family Function Perception Test and the survey of aggressive and prosocial behaviors COPRAG the risk behaviors presented. The tabulation was performed through the Epi Info 3.5.4 system, the analysis used descriptive statistics and measures of central tendency.

Results:

83 % (57) of schoolchildren who presented risky behaviors were males, most of them 11 years of age, the most observed behavior was school violence, physical and psychological morbidity. The main categories that affected family functionality were cohesion and harmony, Schoolchildren who belonged to trainees, who presented school absenteeism and some type of morbidity, came from families classified as dysfunctional.

Discussion and conclusions:

It can be affirmed that the students involved in the study from dysfunctional families showed more frequent gang membership, school absenteeism and some type of morbidity. In addition, they may present several risk behaviors simultaneously.

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