Comunicación familiar y su relación con el bienestar psicológico en estudiantes de bachillerato

Abstract

Family communication represents a fundamental entity in the emotional, behavioral and psychological development in the adolescent stage, therefore, it is shown as an influential factor for the optimal development of psychological well-being (BP). The research seeks to determine the relationship between family communication and psychological well-being in high school students. It was a non-experimental, cross-sectional, quantitative study with a descriptive correlational scope. The data collected belonged to 219 students, whose ages ranged from 14 to 18 years old, with a mean of 15.9, from an educational unit in the city of Ambato-Ecuador, who were administered Olson's Family Communication Scale and the Psychological Well-Being Scale (BIEPS-J). The results reflect a slight positive correlation (r=0.400. p=<0.001) between family communication and psychological well-being in high school students, in addition, a low level of family communication (46.6%), and a low level of psychological well-being (56.4%) were predominant. In conclusion, it is inferred that the development of communication within the family dynamics could contribute to psychological well-being in a favorable or unfavorable way, therefore, by presenting a low level of fam ily communication, a low level of psychological well-being can be evidenced at the same time.