Resiliencia en hijos de familias monoparentales

Abstract

Resilience is thehuman capacityto face, overcome, transformthe experiences ofadversity andemerge strongerfrom it.The overall objectivein the research wasto identify the levelof resilience inchildren ofsingle parents.The researchwas mixed,and descriptive. This research workwas conducted with24children from sixth and seventh years of Basic General Education ofsingle parents.The instruments used were: schoolresiliencescale(E. R. E. Escala de Resilencia Escolar) for children and the interview guideto identifythe family structure ofMontalvoandSoria.The resultsindicate thatchildren ofsingle parentsmostly havea high level ofresilience.Regarding thefamily structurefoundin mostofthe hierarchy's parent familieshavethe mother;managementstyleis flexible andable todialogueprevails, the limits are clear andflexibleboth insideand outside thesystem.The centrality's have theirchildren.Itwas evidentthat the fatherisperipheralintheir dutiesand obligations.The conflicts thatthe mother hasarewithteenage daughtersand thefatherby the difficulty ofcommunication.Importantly,the majorityof single parent familiesare headed by women.