Health as an individual and social category is the product of promotion, prevention, recovery, and rehabilitation strategies and actions carried out by individuals, families, social groups, and society to maintain and develop integrity.
In communities and social groups, various health problems can be the object of Intervention and susceptible to modification due to their seriousness and importance. The Intervention is a set of actions to modify a certain reality and achieve the desired objectives.
Interventions in the field of psychology can be classified according to the type of objective or goal, the intervention unit or addressee, and the method used. Thus we can refer to psychosocial Intervention, whose objectives are to seek to change social systems to promote community or social well-being, and psychological Intervention, whose objectives are to provide changes in people (individuals, couples, and families] to help in the solution of various psychological problems using different procedures that provide personal and group improvement.
One of the fundamental groups to intervene is the family, given its importance in developing the personality of its members.
The family has the task of developing certain functions, such as biological, economic, and educational, in forming its members, contributing to the formation of values, the socialization of its members, education, reproduction, and the satisfaction of economic needs, among others. It also has the task of preparing individuals to face changes produced both from the outside and the inside, which can lead to structural and functional modifications.
These changes or crises may be related to the transition from the stages of the life cycle, which are derived from the confrontation with life events, and crises that derive from the occurrence of accidental events and usually have a very unfavorable impact on family dynamics. In most of these cases, the family requires psychological care.
Faced with these situations, some families assume adjusted coping styles and are capable of using stabilizing mechanisms that provide health, and others cannot face crises, lose control, manifest imbalances, imbalances, and violence that unfavorably conditions the health-disease process and, in especially family functioning.
Family functioning is considered the interactive and systemic dynamic among family members and is evaluated through harmony, cohesion, communication role, affection, permeability, and adaptability.
Family dysfunction may be at the root of health problems, and health problems may contribute to or exacerbate inadequate family functioning.
The considerations mentioned earlier make us reflect on the importance of planning psychological intervention strategies to promote adequate family functioning, so in this study, we propose the following objectives.
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