Parentalización en las familias: unidad educativa del milenio “Manuela Garaicoa de Calderón” zona urbana y unidad educativa “José Tomás Rendón” zona rural. Periodo 2022

Abstract

Parentalization is considered a problem when a child or adolescent assumes the role of a parent, taking on responsibilities and tasks that do not correspond to him/her, affecting his/her physical, psychoemotional and social development. The objective of the research was to identify parentalized children in the urban and rural areas of the city of Cuenca. The methodology used was quantitative and descriptive in scope, the "Parentalization Inventory"questionnaire was applied to 395 students of the above mentioned educational units. The results of the research showed the existence of parentalization in the urban and rural areas, where the medium level prevailed in both areas; these results were similar to those of other researches where the degree of parentalization was medium. The conclusion reached by the research was that in the rural zone there is a higher degree of parentalization than in the urbanzone, with sibling-centered parentalization standing out.