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Introduction: Familism is a multidimensional culturalconstruction that gives importance to family ties. Studywas done to estimate prevalence of familism and its link topsychosocial variables in pregnant adolescents who receivedprenatal care.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study that is partof the project “Gestación” was carried out. Four hundredand ninety-nine pregnant adolescents received obstetriccare, completed sociodemographic characteristics forms andanswered scales of religiosity, spirituality, family function,happiness, resilience and familism based on the Bardis scalein Cartagena, Colombia. Correlation was established amongfamilism, sociodemographic and psychosocial variables.Multiple linear regressions were made to identify associatedvariables; p<0.05 was significant.Results: the average age was 17 years old. 41% of participantsstrongly agreed to give their parents their earnings, 84% obeyedsiblings, 65% thought family is more important than personalinterests, 75% defended family, 87% are loyal to family, 90%help their parents, 75% help their uncles, 74% help theirparents in-law and 66% live with other relatives. There weresignificant factors related to greater familism: a higher levelof resilience, sexual partner with secondary studies, havinga functional family and three or more ultrasounds p<0.05.Primary studies, not attending church, having a dysfunctionalfamily and poor resilience were negative predictors offamilism p<0,001. There was significant positive correlationbetween spirituality and happiness with familism.Conclusions: a high level of familism was observed in agroup of pregnant adolescents. We recommend that healthcareprofessionals explore psychosocial aspects of teenagepregnancy to promote coping strategies regarding motherhoodresponsibilities.