Apoyo versus control parental y ajuste psicosocial de los adolescentes. Estudio para una educación en pro de la sostenibilidad en el contexto de la familia

The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations points to education as a transversal strategy with the mission of educating citizens who, assuming as their own the principles and values of sustainability, contribute to the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goals. The family, educational agent of the first order, is solicited by this appeal to give a response to practice this type of education. With this approach and in order to detect possible training needs, this research seeks to know the assessment that sons and daughters make of parental support/control practices of their corresponding parents and, additionally, verify the relationship of this factor with the psychosocial adjustment of the subjects. The population of the study is made up of adolescents (14-18 years old) from different educational institutions in the city of Cuenca (Ecuador). The data have been collected through a questionnaire adapted from scales in use and validated in Cuenca´s population. The results show the need for a change in parental styles, oriented towards the formation of sons and daughters as citizens of societies which are characterized by the sustainability of their development.