La parentalidad positiva en la proyección de adolescentes proactivos en beneficio de la comunidad

Abstract

Based on the analysis of the research, the importance of positive parenting and its incidence in the projection of proactive adolescents for the benefit of the community is contemplated, based on the theory of positive psychology; understood as a part of the specialty of psychology that seeks to recognize, strengthen and enhance the positive aspects in the human being, oriented to the consolidation of social and individual benefit, in the reduction of psychopathological symptoms, as well as the study and recognition of individual attitudes and strengths for a more detailed understanding of their motive system and the reinforcement of their aptitude, taking into account the different obstacles and conflicts that they go through at each stage of their life, the incidence of a positive parenting style in development of his psycho-emotional state. According to what has been shown, for the development of this research the following categories of analysis were established: first, cohesion and flexibility within family functioning, personal strengths and proactive behaviors. From these categories, important data were obtained regarding the relationship of positive parenting with the development of proactive behaviors in community service in adolescents, applied to four young people of a medium socioeconomic level, residents of the city of Machala, in a range aged 15 to 17 years, for which a mixed methodology was applied with a descriptive-exploratory scope, focused on a non-experimental cross-sectional design, through the use of psychological tools such as clinical observation, semi-structured interview , the scale of Evaluation of Cohesion and Family Adaptability FACES III for the evaluation of the dimensions of family functionality, BAS Socialization Battery, allowing self-evaluation of social behavior and the inventory of personal strengths of Seligman and Peterson was applied, same as has made it possible to know the strengths that stand out in the participating adolescents.