Relación entre las habilidades parentales y el bajo rendimiento académico en una muestra de adolescentes

Abstract

Introduction: This research analyses the relationship between parental skills and the low scholar performance with teenagers sample in an educational unit located in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas province, Ecuador. Methods and materials: This is a descriptive investigation with a non-experimental . design. the Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Adopters, Caregivers, Tutors and Mediators “CUIDA”, applied in a sample of 15 adolescent’s parents with low academic performance, those adolescents were between 12 and 17 years old. Results: Within “Responsible care” scale, 60% of the parents present a very low score, 33.3% a low score and 6.7% average score. Regarding “Affective care” scale 46.7% of parents have a very low score, 33.3% have a low score and 20% have an average score. While, “Sensitivity to others” scale, 33.3% of those parents have a very low score, 46.7% have a low score and 20% have an average score. Finally, “Aggressiveness” scale 6.7% of the parents have obtained an average score, 13.3% have a high score and 80% have a very high score. Conclusion: Parental skills are related to the low academic performance of adolescents. According to the results obtained, it is inferred that parents have difficulties in exercising the characteristics of parenting, stories such as emotional care or sensitivity. Correspondingly, the levels of aggressiveness in parents of adolescents are widely varied.