La autoestima positiva promueve la salud y protege de la disfuncionalidad, emergiendo como un importante factor de resiliencia. Su desarrollo, desde edades tempranas, favorece una adaptación funcional al medio y previene el disconfort emocional a largo plazo. Dado que la literatura afirma que la familia es una pieza clave para la génesis de la autoestima infantil, el presente trabajo reseñará algunas condiciones familiares que pueden afectar la valoración personal de los hijos, remarcando la necesidad de diseñar abordajes psicosociales para propiciar ambientes familiares salugénicos, optimizando las competencias parentales y fortaleciendo el vínculo afectivo parento-filial.

Maladaptive perfectionism is the tendency to self-impose unrealistic goals and stringent performance standards, to worry excessively about making mistakes, and to engage in auto-critical self-evaluation. This attribute could negatively impact the psychological well-being of children. The objective of this work was to describe maladaptive perfectionism manifestations in children, and to assess its differences according to sex, school grade, kind of educational institution (public or private), and region of origin. An empiric, descriptive and cross-sectional investigation was made. Participants were 1067 children between 9 and 12 years old, students of public and private schools from two Argentinian provinces (Misiones and Entre Ríos). Results verified the presence of maladaptive perfectionism during early childhood. The most salient manifestation of perfectionism was self-oriented, espec...

Maladaptive perfectionism is the tendency to self-impose unrealistic goals and stringent performance standards, to worry excessively about making mistakes, and to engage in auto-critical self-evaluation. This attribute could negatively impact the psychological well-being of children. The objective of this work was to describe maladaptive perfectionism manifestations in children, and to assess its differences according to sex, school grade, kind of educational institution (public or private), and region of origin. An empiric, descriptive and cross-sectional investigation was made. Participants were 1067 children between 9 and 12 years old, students of public and private schools from two Argentinian provinces (Misiones and Entre Ríos). Results verified the presence of maladaptive perfectionism during early childhood. The most salient manifestation of perfectionism was self-oriented, espec...