%0 Journal Article %T Enfermedad psicosom¨¢tica y patrones familiares en ni£¿os con asma %A Garciand¨ªa Imaz %A Jos¨¦ Antonio %A Ibarra Medina %A Adriana Marcela %J Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatr¨ªa %D 2012 %I Asociacion Colombiana de Psiquiatria %X introduction: asthma is the most prevalent chronic illness in children and has been related to psychological aspects involved in its evolution. objective: to understand the types of relational patterns observed in families of children with this illness. method: qualitative analysis through intentional sample of children between the ages of 4 to 15 years with asthma and other mixed populations. results and conclusions: the analysis shows families with diffuse limits between its members, tendency towards amalgamation, high levels of anxiety, and the presence of parental and parental-offspring conflicts. %K asthma %K family %K depression %K conflict. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-74502012000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en