Análisis de los efectos psicológicos y sociales del abandono familiar en los adultos mayores de la región del Norte de Potosí, Bolivia
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The abandonment of the elderly is ha latent social problem at present, it has various repercussions or effects, both psychological and social, without a doubt, they affect the quality of life of the elderly. The objective of this study was to analyze the psychological and social effect of family abandonment in the elderly in rural areas of the Northern Potosí region, Bolivia. The type of research study is exploratory descriptive; in it 115 older adults from rural areas of the Northern Potosí region of the Plurinational State of Bolivia were included, based of the following dimensions: psychological dimension the variables of: anxiety, self-esteem and feeling of frustration, finally in the social dimension, the following variables have been taken into account: marginalization and access to health.
Source: EDUNEXA
DOI: 10.51247/e.v3i1.893
Institution: Tomás Frías Autonomous University
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Life-span and Life-course Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7203761604