Conflicto interparental y su relación con la depresión en adolescentes

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between interparental conflict and depression in adolescents; it was a quantitative correlational study with a cross- sectional design. A total of 113 adolescents, 75 males and 38 females, aged between 11 and 15 years, were evaluated with the Chindren's Perception of interparental conflict scale (CIPC) and the children's depression inventory (CDI); the statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 25. It is shown that there is a direct and statistically significant correlation (rho=0.346,p<0.001) between the perception of interparental conflict and depression in the adolescents evaluated; as for sex there was no significant relationship with interparental conflict (X2(2)=0.472,>0.05), however, with depression there was a significant relationship (X2(2)=10.463,p0<.05), identifying that females had a higher prevalence of depression than males. These results allow us to recognize that the greater the perception of interparental conflicts by adolescents, the greater their depressive symptoms will be.