La familia como red de apoyo social en estudiantes universitarios que ingresan a primer semestre

Textual typology and objective. This article aims to identify the family as a social support network and determine its influence on a group of university students.Methodology. It is descriptive within a qualitative approach. The sample consisted of ten (10) parents and ten (10) young people who are starting their studies at the university, average ages from 16 to 19 years old.Results. The results point out to the configuration of good relationships between parents and children, although a difference in the perception of the children regarding the family as a social support network.Conclusions. According to this, the family also represents an integral support, nevertheless, they referred to aspects that affect the relationship such as the short time to share with their parents, especially related to the occupations and the imitation of spaces for dialogue. On the other hand, the parents stated that for their children the family means a network of social support in their different life experiences, although they recognized that it is possible that some characteristics of the life cycle in which young people are, are affecting the structure and the family relationship patterns. Likewise, a greater recognition by the children towards the maternal figure was identified as a social support network.

• Autores: Villafrade Monroy, Luz Adriana; Franco Ramírez, Claudia Matilde
• Fecha de publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional USTA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/35919
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/ESPIRAL/article/view/1651; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/35919
• License: Derechos de autor 2017 Espiral, Revista de Docencia e Investigación