Funcionalidad o disfuncionalidad familiar en el barrio nuevo milenio de Cúcuta, Norte de Santander.

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to identify the functionality or dysfunctionality present in the families of the Nuevo Milenio neighborhood of socioeconomic strata 1 and 2 of the city of Cúcuta, through the implementation of the questionnaire "APGAR Familiar" which allowed to distinguish the perception of the participants in their family environment. The methodology corresponded to a descriptive quantitative approach; a population made up of 130 families belonging to the Nuevo Milenio neighborhood; with a sample of 50 families for research, in which 139 members consisting of adults and children aged 8 to 12 participated. The analysis of the results obtained was carried out through the SPSS program in which the perception of each of the participants was analyzed, where the results showed that in 67,7% of family members perceive the family environment characterized by a prevalence of normal functionality, while 32.4% of family members perceive their environment as dysfunctional, between children and adults, concluding that despite the few socio-economic conditions of the population under study, people perceive their environment in a functional manner , implying that there is no direct relationship between the economic and family dysfunctionality.