Percepción del vínculo y funcionalidad familiar de mujeres en etapa de la adultez media que cumplen condena en el Centro de Privación de Libertad Azuay N°1, Ecuador, en el año 2023

Abstract

The family as the nucleus of society can be a risk or protective factor, depending on its composition and functioning, which depend on the stages and changes to which the family is subjected; divorce, loss of a family member, admission of members to a detention center, among others. In the face of the crisis of deprivation of liberty, the family plays a fundamental role in their social reintegration. The objective of this work is to describe the perception of the family bond and functionality presented by women in middle adulthood, who are serving a sentence in the Deprivation of Liberty Center, CPLAzuay No 1., with respect to their families in the period 2023; as well as identifying sociodemographic and judicial characteristics. The study had a quantitative approach, type of non-experimental design and descriptive scope; We worked with a population of 65 women. Three instruments were used: the sociodemographic record, a questionnaire of questions to identify family ties and the FF-SIL to determine the perception of family functioning. As results, the categorization of family functionality was obtained, where functional families predominate; A database is provided with sociodemographic characteristics in which the majority are married, sentenced for carrying controlled substances and murder, are in middle adulthood, have three to four children and have secondary education; Regarding family ties, they report not having coexistence and family support is only economic.