Caracterización de las dinámicas familiares de los niños de séptimo año de educación básica de una Unidad Educativa de la ciudad de Santo Domingo con bajo rendimiento escolar.

Abstract

The present research work was carried out in an Educational Unit of the city of Santo Domingo, Tsáchila province, in the April - August 2019 school year, the objective was to determine the characteristics of the family dynamics of children in the seventh year of Basic Education with low school performance, the research design is mixed, with the use of validated questionnaires. For the data collection, the sociodemographic record, APGAR questionnaire, FF-sil questionnaire were used, which allowed to have a perception on the family dynamics of the families investigated. It was concluded that the types of families that predominate are single parent with female headship and composite family, in a smaller percentage there is the nuclear family, extensive compound and extensive with female headship, they have mild and moderate family dysfunction, but there is also a group that knows how to handle family dynamics, they have a weakness as far as turning to the family for help, the problems of family members are shared very little by poor communication and expressions of affection and affection are very scarce, hence the need to make recommendations such as the promotion of living days, parent meeting and family approach techniques.