Competencias parentales y su influencia en la depresión en los adolescentes.

Abstract

This research study is qualitative and its objective is to carry out a bibliographic review on the main parental competencies that generate depression in adolescents, establishing search strategies in databases such as Scielo, Redaly, PubMed, Psyctest, PsycNET and for research purposes. To collect data, a search was carried out using key words, the data found give an answer to the specific objectives such as specifying the depressive symptomatology of adolescents affected by the relationship of their parental figures and identifying the emotional alterations generated in adolescents by parental competencies. The data found are concepts on parental competencies, family types, parenting styles, depressive symptomatology, adolescence, and studies that have been carried out at national level. If parental competencies are not adequately managed within the family, problems are triggered that imply low self- esteem, school problems, inability to socialize with their peers, as well as depressive symptomatology that can lead to fatal outcomes, among them self-harm and suicide attempts. Thus, the relationship between parents and children is a determining cause of mental health which influences their growth and personal development. Concluding that the family is the institution that fulfills the most essential role in the socialization of human beings. It is evident that the role of parents in this socialization is quite important; they will create indispensable interactions for the development of the adolescent through their methods of control, communication, education and affective delivery.