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Huaracha, S., Jara, C. (2024). Salud mental de los adolescentes en familias monoparentales y no monoparentales, en Lima Metropolitana y Callao 2012 [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/16018
Huaracha, S., Jara, C. Salud mental de los adolescentes en familias monoparentales y no monoparentales, en Lima Metropolitana y Callao 2012 []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/16018
@misc{renati/911465,
title = "Salud mental de los adolescentes en familias monoparentales y no monoparentales, en Lima Metropolitana y Callao 2012",
author = "Jara Falla, Carmen Alejandra",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2024"
}
Introduction: There are descriptions of mental health disorders in children from single-parent families, but it is not universally agreed that these children experience them at higher rates compared to those from two-parent families. Objective: To evaluate the association between single-parent and non-single-parent family types and the mental health of adolescents. Materials and Methods: The database from the Epidemiological Study of Mental Health in Metropolitan Lima and Callao – Replication 2012 was used. Associations between family type and factors related to mental health were assessed using Chi-square and Student's t-test statistical tests. Multivariate analysis (logistic and multiple linear regression) evaluated associations while controlling for the effects of age and sex. Results: The total sample consisted of 1,490 adolescents, of whom 25.4% belonged to single-parent families and 74.6% to non-single-parent families. No statistically significant association was found between the variables of mental disorders, quality of life, adolescent self-esteem, and family type, whether single-parent or non-single-parent. A significant association was identified between the presence of at least one criterion for alcohol abuse in adolescents and belonging to single-parent families (OR: 1.55, CI: 1.08 – 2.23). Conclusion: An association was found between single-parent families and alcohol abuse behaviors in adolescents, but not with mental disorders, quality of life, or self-esteem. Social intervention policies should consider single-parent families as a vulnerable group with potential implications for risk behaviors in adolescents.
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