La relación entre el funcionamiento familiar y la diferenciación del self es consolidada por autores sistémicos clásicos, pero poco explorada por investigaciones empíricas, especialmente en Brasil. Este estudio cuantitativo tuvo como objetivo analizar las relaciones entre el funcionamiento familiar y la diferenciación del self de universitarios brasileños. Participaron de la encuesta 800 estudiantes de ambos sexos, con edad promedio de 22.7 años. Se constató que los estudiantes con niveles más elevados de diferenciación percibieron de forma más positiva la comunicación y la satisfacción familiares. Las familias enmarañadas demostraron ser las menos favorables al proceso de diferenciación. Se verificó que los varones y los estudiantes mayores presentaron niveles más altos de diferenciación. Por último, universitarios con índices más elevados de diferenciación y pert...

The relationship between family functioning and differentiation of self has been established by classical systemic authors, but little explored by empirical research, especially in Brazil. This quantitative study aimed to analyze the relationship between family functioning and differentiation of self of Brazilian university students. Eight hundred undergraduates of both genders participated in the research, with an average age of 22.7 years. It was found that students with higher levels of differentiation of self perceived family communication and satisfaction more positively. Tangled families proved to be the least favorable to the differentiation process. It was found that males and older undergraduate students displayed higher levels of differentiation. Finally, university students with higher levels of differentiation, who belonged to families regarded as healthy, were more satisfied...

The relationship between family functioning and differentiation of self has been established by classical systemic authors, but little explored by empirical research, especially in Brazil. This quantitative study aimed to analyze the relationship between family functioning and differentiation of self of Brazilian university students. Eight hundred undergraduates of both genders participated in the research, with an average age of 22.7 years. It was found that students with higher levels of differentiation of self perceived family communication and satisfaction more positively. Tangled families proved to be the least favorable to the differentiation process. It was found that males and older undergraduate students displayed higher levels of differentiation. Finally, university students with higher levels of differentiation, who belonged to families regarded as healthy, were more satisfied...