Abstract

MORENO MENDEZ, Jaime Humberto; ECHAVARRIA LLANO, Karen Lizeth; PARDO, Andrea  and  QUINONES, Yohana. Family functionality, internalized behavior and academic achievement in a group of adolescents Bogota city. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2014, vol.8, n.2, pp.37-46. ISSN 1900-2386.

The present study aimed to describe the association between family functioning, internalized behavior and academic achievement in a group of adolescents from a public school in the city of Bogota Colombia. The study was descriptive with a method of association, using as instruments checklists of child behavior Achenbach and Edelbrock (1987), the self-report (YSR), the parent questionnaire (CBCL) and the teacher questionnaire (TRF). It also was used the family apgaR Smilkstein (1978) and revised the student academic newsletter. Participants were 63 adolescents between 12 and 16 years old, their parents and teachers. Among the results established that the majority of adolescents reported family dysfunction moderate and average academic achievement, additionally, showed that approximately 19.56 % of the population has internalized behaviors, being the highest score reported by the parents family.

Keywords : Family functionality; internalized behavior; academic achievement; adolescents.

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