Identity, Family, Relationships Among Groups and Socioeducational Disadvantage as Factors of School Failure: A Cross-Sectional Study in A Group of Junior High School Students of The Sicilian Hinterland

The work we propose is research on adolescence and, in particular, relationships teenagers develop in school contexts. This study was structured according to a multidimensional perspective, influenced by personal variables, such as identity development, social variables, such as relationships students create with family and school as well as relationships between parents and teachers, and economic–cultural variables, such as the characteristics of a socioeducational environment. In synthesis, results indicate that students with a low identity profile show a difficult school adjustment and acceptance of their bodies; students with conflicting family relationships manifest reduced emotional maturity and family adjustment. Furthermore, the negative perception parents have of their family roles and students’ low level of emotional regulation are predictive of school maladjustment. Through this research, we aimed at exploring the value and influence of socioeducational and emotional contexts as an essential step in the knowledge about school maladjustment.