title: [Social determinants of family cohesion and adaptability].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation of social determinants which are characteristics of balanced (functional) and extreme (dysfunctional) families regarding cohesion and flexibility dimensions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational, randomised survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dr. José Castro Villagrana Primary Care Centre, Health Ministry, Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  270 randomised families of Tlalpan, Mexico City, who answered FACES III.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using discriminant analysis statistical technique, 15 independent variables (social, demographic and familiar determinants) and two dependent variables (balanced and extreme types of families) were analysed and related with cohesion and adaptability dimensions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is accordance of these results with others which were obtained using different family assessment instruments like Family Apgar. However using FACES III and Circumplex Model the analysis of variable's interaction were possible.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Familiar de la Universidad de México, México D.F.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dickinson Bannack
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Ponce Rosas
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gómez Clavelina
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González Quintanilla
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fernández Ortega
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Corzo Coello
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pérez López
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flores Huitrón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Determinantes sociales en la cohesión y adaptabilidad familiar.