Publicación:

Estructura familiar de las estudiantes madres-solteras, del programa de Psicología de la UCC-Bogotá

Resumen

The purpose of the research was to describe the family structure of single mothers who became pregnant in the years 2003 to 2005 linked to the Psychology Program of the Cooperativa de Colombia University, Bogotá branch. Studied from the systemic paradigm, resuming the structural model of Salvador Minuchin. Under a transversal design, ex post facto and retrospective analysis plan. It was carried out with a sample of 12 mother-single students of the Psychology Program, who completed a self-administered structured survey consisting of 43 questions. The quantitative analysis was carried out with the Statiscal Package for Social Sciencies (SPSS) program and the qualitative analysis using categories. It is concluded that the family structure of the students investigated was: in terms of the evolutionary cycle they belong to families with adult children, there are alliances with mother, there are conjugal and parental coalitions and holons (mother-hij @), an economic hierarchy exercised by father and the power of authority by the mother, the limits are normal, the role of the participants is of students and caregivers, existence of flexibility to change with fewer resources, there are symmetrical and complementary interactions, there are transgenerational patterns of unplanned pregnancies, highlighting the crisis of economic debts and family problems