Adaptación ocupacional y salud mental en jóvenes de edades de 13 a 16 años.

Abstract

This work shows the research process that was carried out in order to know the influence of occupational adaptation on mental health in young people aged between 13 and 16 years. For the development of the research, a sociodemographic record, the Godlberg general health scale and the occupational self-assessment (OSA) were applied, which were applied to 35 young people from the Santo Tomas de Aquino Minor Seminary school in the municipality of Pamplona - Norte de Santander - Colombia. After carrying out the analysis and discussion of the results, it was found that, if there is an influence of occupational adaptation on the mental health of young people, this positive influence is moderate, which allowed to conclude that as it is possible to favor specific aspects of functioning occupational, will benefit elements of mental well-being. Based on the results obtained, an action plan was designed with therapeutic activities that were applied for a month. In the same way, a didactic implementation called mobile health was created, which through recreational activities and therapeutic adaptation of traditional games seek to fulfill the main objective of this research, to promote the mental well-being of young people.