Citation

Millán T, Valenzuela S, Vargas NA. Rev. Med. Chile 1995; 122(5): 587-593.

Vernacular Title

Autoestima, percepcion de la afectividad, metas y conductas de riesgo, en

Affiliation

Departamento Técnico de Investigación, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Sociedad Medica De Santiago)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7724904

Abstract

A self applied and anonymous enquiry was answered by 948 teenagers (600 female), participating in an integral health education plan and coming from a school located in a low income community of Metropolitan Santiago. Twenty nine percent came from single or foster parent families and 18.4% of parents were separated. Nineteen percent of women and 9.8% of men felt that they were not loved by their parents; 30.5% of women and classified as bad or regular their relationship with their fathers and 22.1% of men similarly classified their relationship with their mothers. Eighteen percent of men and 16.5% of women ignored their parent's educational level. Ten to 24% had a negative self image and 50% were unsure about their study goals. Forty eight percent of men and 25.5% of women had get drunk; 24.1 and 12.8% had smoked marihuana. Half of the sample manifested attraction to dangerous situations; 22% had participated in quarrels and 34% had attacked other people. Twenty three percent of men and 35% of women had considered committing suicide. It is concluded that the lack of affection, a deteriorated self image, difficult parental relationships and orientation toward violence appear as the main problems in this sample of teenagers.

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