Juan Fernando Leon, Daniela Orozco, Edward Javier Ordonez
The objective was to identify coping strategies, risk and protective factors in adolescents who are finishing their sanction at the Valle del Lili Youth Training Center. The study with a qualitative and descriptive-cross-sectional approach used the semi-structured interview as an instrument, having as a selection criterion a minimum compliance of 80% of the sanction and an age range between 14 and 17 years. It was found that both adolescents came from single-parent families by separation, raised by the mother from a permissive authority with a lack of norms and rules, allowing freedom in activities and social ties