Representaciones sociales sobre maternidad, paternidad, matrimonio y familia en adolescentes escolarizados de Bogotá (Colombia)

Abstract

This research pretends to know about the social representations that in terms of family, maternity, paternity and marriage create the teenagers that attend official schools in Bogotá. We present a study with cross curricular descriptive methodology with the participation of 2.535 adolescents between males and females. The results show that, for the participants, it’s important to finish school and university stu-dies before settling down. 66% consider the family a love unit, followed by a place of mutual and unconditional help with a 14.6%. Concerning if maternity and paternity are an important part of personal growth, 63.98% of young adolescent participants consider it is, compared to 36,4% of the older adolescents and the 15.2% of the oldest adolescents. The study concludes that there are differences in gender towards maternity and paternity in their life project.