The objective of this study was to establish the relationship between dysfunctional parenting styles and empathy in Nursing, Human Medicine and Psychology students. The study's sample consisted of 599 students, from both genders, and from different cycles of their university studies. Their ages ranged between 21 and 25 years. To assess them, the Dysfunctional Parenting Styles Scale by Parker, et al. (1979) was used, previously adapted to Peruvian population. The participants were also evaluated with the Personal and Professional Empathy Scale designed by Yaraskavitch ( 2009), and completed a socio-demographic data sheet created ad hoc. General results showed no significant relationships between the dysfunctional parenting styles and empathy total scores. In contrast, considering the father figure, an inverse relationship between the authoritarian-controlling dysfunctional parenting style and the personal and professional cognitive empathy was found, while the indifference -negligence dysfunctional parenting style was inversely associated with the emotive personal empathy. As to the mother figure, there is a significant and direct relationship between authoritarian-controlling dysfunctional parenting style and personal and professional emotive empathy. It was also found that regarding gender, women have higher levels of empathy. With respect to professional degree courses, Nursing students have a higher level of empathy than Medicine and Psychology students, while Medicine students have more dysfunctional parenting styles than the Nursing and Psychology groups. Finally, students that had taken personal development courses showed a higher level of empathy.

El estudio tuvo como objetivo establecer la existencia de una relación entre la ideación suicida y los Estilos Parentales Disfuncionales en adolescentes con o sin autolesiones de Lima Metropolitana. El estudio fue de tipo sustantivo, de diseño correlacional, con análisis descriptivo, comparativo y correlacional, los participantes fueron 512 adolescentes de ambos sexos, sus edades fluctuaban entre los 14 y 18 años, a quienes se les aplicó las Escalas de Estilos Parentales Disfuncionales de Parker, Ideación Suicida de Beck y Kovac. Los resultados evidenciaron que el 50% de los adolescentes perciben un nivel  medio a alto en el estilo parental disfuncional del padre, también en abuso y protección; en caso de la madre sobresalieron la indiferencia y sobreprotección, el 70% manifestaron abuso de la parte de la figura materna, en tanto, 52% de los adolescentes demostraron un nivel moderado a grave en la ideación suicida. El 59.2% refirieron que no se realizan autolesiones, aunque 40.8% sí respondió afirmativamente. Las conclusiones reportaron que hay relación significativa y directa entre la ideación suicida y los estilos parentales disfuncionales, así como se detecta que los adolescentes que realizan autolesiones tienen mayores estilos parentales disfuncionales en comparación con quienes no se realizan autolesiones.