PERFIL DE NIÑOS Y NIÑAS CON PROBLEMAS DE INTERACCIÓN SOCIAL EN ETAPA PRE-ESCOLAR, UNIDAD EDUCATIVA LOS ANDES.

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to determine the profile of children from the Los Andes Educational Unit in the city of Portoviejo, Ecuador, with problems of social interaction between adults and peers. The sample was 14 children, of whom five are girls and nine children with a general average age of 4 1⁄2 years. A first meeting was held with the parents of the infants to sign the informed consent and to collect data on the main characteristics associated with each child. The application of the Social Interaction Skills Questionnaire (CHIS; Monjas, 1992) was then followed, which is based on a Likert scale of five frequency points of the manifestation of each behavior. The results show a possible case of Asperger, seven children present deficits in communication and interaction with peer and adult groups, abnormal determination in the interest sample of specific activities and no null verbal behavior. A third group of six children with a likely "ambivalent or resistant attachment," so researchers recommend a subsequent study using an inventory of attachment with parents and peers that measures the paternal-filial relationship, attachment types, and emotional dependency