The bibliographical research that is presented addresses one of the most important concerns
that occupies the entire social system, say families, institutions, civil society, politicians:
academic performance. Among its determinants is recognized the importance of the role of
the family and the styles of parental relationships for the psychosocial adjustment of children
and adolescents and especially its role in academic performance. The fuctions of the family,
in its historical evolution, as a basic cell of social organization, the construction of parental
styles and its influence on the integral well-being of adolecents are explored. The main
approaches to understanding adolescent academic performance and the variables that
infuence it are examined. Empirical findings are presented that support the theorical
postulated that are defended. It is concluded in relation to the main parental styles of school
adolescents and the particularities of this close link between academic performance and
parental styles.
