Abstract

ZAMBRANO CONSTANZO, Alba; MUNOZ VIDAL, Jaime  and  GONZALEZ SANCHEZ, Marco. Psychosocial Variables of Community Environment Linked to Social Maladjustment Processes in Adolescents: Reflections from a Case Study. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2012, vol.11, n.4, pp.1135-1145. ISSN 1657-9267.

This article analyses the incidence of a group of relational and social context constructed variables that act as risk factors in processes of social maladjustment of adolescents in a neighborhood belonging to Temuco city, Chile. The techniques used to produce the data were participant observation, focalized interviews, document analysis, group discussion workshops and structural analysis of networks. In a progressive analysis of the data, using grounded theory, the neighborhood dynamics is characterized by five dimensions: community cohabitation, institutional action in the community, community norm, family approach to child and adolescent behavior; and community taking of the public space. It is proposed that these dimensions in its negative pole would act, within community space, as conducive to crime variables.

Keywords : Adolescence; Social Maladjustment Process; Community Context; Psychosocial Factors; Conducive to Crime Community Variables; Public-Comunity Space; Qualitative Research.

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