Family grieving and emotional development in students

Abstract

The general objective of the research was to determine the relationship between family grieving and emotional development in students of general basic higher education and unified general baccalaureate of the Cascol Fiscal Educational Unit of the Cascol Parish of Canton Paján, Manabí Province, Ecuador. Methodologically it was approached from a translational correlational type, applying a Likert-type instrument to a population of 200 students. The result of -, 232 indicates a weak negative Pearson correlation, which implies an inversely proportional relationship, that is to say that the emotional development of the students directly affects the confrontation of family grieving. When there is a significant correlation at level 0.01, the affirmative hypothesis is accepted and the null is rejected. It is necessary an adequate intervention by teachers, parents and representatives to support students to overcome the duel.

Keywords

• psicología de la educación
• rendimiento escolar
• eficacia del docente
• familia.