Interaction family System associated with lower self-esteem in moral abandonment or prostitution

• Autor: Ferreira Rocha, Alaírdes María
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2003
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/5156
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/psico/article/view/5156
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: tipos de familia; adaptabilidad y cohesión familiar; autoestima; jóvenes en abandono moral y prostitución; types of family; family adaptability and cohesion and self-esteem youngsters in moral abandonment and prostitution

This is a descriptive study about 160 youngsters from Lima: 80 that are involved in moral abandonment or prostitution and 80 of similar characteristics but not involved in prostitution. They were applied two inventories: Family adaptability and cohesion evaluation (FACES - III) and Self-esteem of Coopersmith. The results show significant statistics differences between the means in cohesion, family adaptability and Self-esteem when the groups of youngsters in moral abandonment and prostitution were compared with the control group. Besides, there is a high relationship between the types of family (Balance, mean rank and extreme) and the levels of self-esteem with the groups of youngsters in moral danger or prostitution and those who are not in this condition.