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Clima familiar en configuraciones monoparentales y monomarentales con hijos/as adolescentes según el nivel socioeconómico en Medellín-Colombia

2018; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.22209/rhs.v6n2a01

2339-4196

Johanna Jazmín Zapata Posada, Laura Isaza Valencia, Valentín González Calvo,

Gender, Health, and Social Inequality

This research study approaches the reality of single-parent families from the city of Medellín (Colombia), by analyzing their socioeconomic level and its relationship with the family atmosphere. The study, carried out in 2013, was designed using a qualitative grounded theory methodology, through semi-structured interviews administered to 18 single-parent families. The interviews were conducted either with the father or the mother and with the adolescent son/daughter. The findings section describes the features of the participating families differentiated by their socio-economic level (SEL) as well as the elements that foster or limit the development of family cohesion.