Most frequent psychosocial sequels in adolescents from divorced parents

Authors

  • Juan Luis Cobas Pérez Facultad de Ciencias Médicas No. 2, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Odalis Querts Méndez Facultad de Ciencias Médicas No. 2, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Ángel García Gascón Facultad de Ciencias Médicas No. 2, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Annia Yolanda del Toro Añel Facultad de Ciencias Médicas No. 2, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • Raiza Agüero Martén Facultad de Ciencias Médicas No. 2, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Keywords:

adolescent, psychosocial sequels, academic level, divorced parents.

Abstract

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 80 adolescents -- from divorced parents -- who lived in Santa Bárbara neighbourhood in Santiago de Cuba municipality, was carried out from July, 2014 to January, 2015, with the aim of determining the main psychosocial sequels in them, reason why a survey was applied to them and the obtained information was statistically processed through the percentage calculation and the independence Chi squared  test. It could be concluded that the most frequent sequels were the academic low-level in the psychosocial environment, with predominance in the female sex, and the fear or fright in the psychoaffective field that showed a lower number of affected adolescents.

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Published

2015-09-11

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Cobas Pérez JL, Querts Méndez O, García Gascón Ángel, del Toro Añel AY, Agüero Martén R. Most frequent psychosocial sequels in adolescents from divorced parents. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 11 [cited 2025 Jun. 4];19(9). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/434

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Vol. 19 No. 9 (2015): MEDISAN

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