Impacto emocional y su incidencia en las familias de adolescentes embarazadas

Teenage pregnancy has historically been a topic that brings about various connotations within the family unit, impacting its emotional well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine the current emotional impact faced by families with pregnant teenagers. This non-experimental, descriptive, and cross-sectional research was based on the sociocritical paradigm and adopted a mixed-methods approach, both qualitative and quantitative. 20 families with pregnant teenagers aged between 10 and 19 were studied. A three-part questionnaire was used: the first part gathered general data about the teenager, the second used the Family Apgar to evaluate family functionality, and the third consisted of 10 questions about the impact of pregnancy on the family environment. Results indicated that most of the pregnant teenagers were between 15 and 19 years old and had completed secondary education. Most did not live with their partners and belonged to single-parent households with a low to regular socioeconomic status. Significant changes in behavior, relationships, and communication within the family were observed. Some teenagers faced discrimination due to their pregnancy, which affected their academic activities, leading to negative emotions and impacting their emotional development. Keywords: Pregnancy; Adolescence; Emotional Impact; Family.El embarazo en la adolescencia ha sido históricamente un tema que genera diversas connotaciones en el seno familiar, afectando el bienestar emocional de sus miembros. El propósito de este estudio fue examinar el impacto emocional actual que enfrentan las familias con adolescentes embarazadas. Esta investigación, de carácter no experimental, descriptivo y transversal, se fundamentó en el paradigma sociocrítico y adoptó un enfoque mixto, cuali-cuantitativo. Se estudiaron 20 familias con adolescentes embarazadas de entre 10 y 19 años. Se empleó un cuestionario estructurado en tres partes: la primera recopila datos generales de la adolescente, la segunda utiliza el Apgar familiar para evaluar la funcionalidad familiar, y la tercera parte comprende 10 preguntas sobre el impacto del embarazo en el ámbito familiar. Los resultados indicaron que la mayoría de las embarazadas tenían entre 15 y 19 años y habían completado la educación secundaria. La mayoría no vivía con sus parejas y pertenecía a hogares monoparentales de nivel socioeconómico bajo a regular. Se observaron cambios significativos en el comportamiento, relaciones y comunicación dentro de la familia. Algunas adolescentes enfrentaron discriminación debido a su embarazo, lo que afectó sus actividades académicas, generando emociones negativas e impactando su desarrollo emocional. Palabras clave: Embarazo; adolescencia; impacto emocional; familia

Autonomy, Good Humor and Support Networks, Potential of Community Resilience Intervention in People Victims of the Earthquake in the Calderón Parish

Resilience is a concept widely used in recent years, especially when it comes to evaluating the level of recovery of communities that are hit by natural phenomena. It can be stated that conceptually resilience constitutes the ability to react effectively and quickly to the effects of disasters, being a complex phenomenon to evaluate and define. And although the level of resilience does not necessarily imply greater control of vulnerability, it can be affirmed that the reduction of vulnerable conditions can strengthen and consolidate the resilient capacity of individuals and communities, in the face of the effects of natural disasters

Autonomy, Good Humor and Support Networks, Potential of Community Resilience Intervention in People Victims of the Earthquake in the Calderón Parish

Resilience is a concept widely used in recent years, especially when it comes to evaluating the level of recovery of communities that are hit by natural phenomena. It can be stated that conceptually resilience constitutes the ability to react effectively and quickly to the effects of disasters, being a complex phenomenon to evaluate and define. And although the level of resilience does not necessarily imply greater control of vulnerability, it can be affirmed that the reduction of vulnerable conditions can strengthen and consolidate the resilient capacity of individuals and communities, in the face of the effects of natural disasters