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MORENO MENDEZ, Jaime Humberto  e  CHAUTA ROZO, Laura Camila. Family functionality, externalized behavior and academic achievement in a group of adolescents Bogotá city. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2012, vol.6, n.1, pp.149-152. ISSN 1900-2386.

This investigative work has as objective to describe the association between family functionality, externalized behaviors and academic achievement by a group of adolescents of school district in the town of Usaquen of Bogotá. This work was of empirical-analytical and descriptive with an association method, using instruments such as the checklist of child behavior of Achenbach and Edelbrock, The three questionnaires, self-report (YSR), the parent questionnaires (CBCL) and teachers' questionnaire (TRF), the family APGAR and the academic journal. Participants were adolescents aged 12 to 16 years old, their parents and teachers. Among the results established that the majority of adolescents reported family dysfunction moderate and average academic performance. It was also found that most of them haven't externalized behavior, although there is a percentage of them that if present, especially as reported by teachers.

Palavras-chave : Family functionality; externalized behavior; academic achievement; adolescents.

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