Effects of parents’ migration in the psychosocial development of the teenagers in Estelí, Nicaragua

Abstract

This research arises from the social phenomenon of migration and the influence it has in our environment, mainly in the development of adolescents, children of migrant parents who have grown up without having a mother or father image. It focuses on the impact of migration on the psychosocial development of teenagers. The purpose of this study is to determine the repercussions of parental migration on the psychosocial development of adolescents, based on an analysis of the perception that teenagers have about migration; and so check the idea they have and how this affects their development. The research has a qualitative approach, since it makes an interpretation of the results without numerical measurement to discover or refine research questions in the process. This is a descriptive research, the sampling of the study is intentional non-probabilistic, it is established by 15 students from the Swedish Kingdom Institute. Among the most relevant data it was found that parental migration influence on the psychosocial development of adolescents since they need a figure and model to guide their learning and development processes. That absence generates feelings of inferiority, sadness and loneliness in the adolescents. They need a guide and accompaniment to perform individual activities for the personal human being development.