(2017) Aguilar Arias, Cristian Geovanny; Pacheco Salazar, María de Lourdes
The present descriptive study has as general objective to determine the familiar functioning according to the circumplejo model of Olson in late adolescents", was formed by a sample of 288 adolescents, 241 men and 47 women of ages between 15 and 19 years of the level the educational unit Manuela Garaicoa de Calderón, who met the inclusion criteria previously established. For data collection, the FACES III instrument (Cohesion and Family Adaptability Scale) was used. The data analysis was carried out through the SPSS version 23 program, obtaining main results in terms of family functioning, that 27.8% are extreme, 55.2% are mid-range and finally 17% are balanced type. As far as the cohesion dimension is concerned, 36.1% have a very low level, belonging to the family-type disabled and for the adaptability dimension, 50.3% shows a very high level, i.e. they belong to the chaotic family typology.
