Abstract

ZANETTI, Sandra Aparecida Serra  and  GOMES, Isabel Cristina. Relationship between parental role and behavior of preschool children. Bol. psicol [online]. 2014, vol.64, n.140, pp. 1-20. ISSN 0006-5943.

The parental role, in contemporary times, may be exercised with little consistency and coherence, due to socio-cultural aspects that have provoked in the parents feelings of insecurity and doubts concerning the task of educating. This article has as its purpose to present a research designed to understand the relationship between the weakening of parental role and the frequency of aggressive, stubbornness and/or agitation behaviors of two to four years old children in a school environment. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers and parents, also observation of children and of "playful interaction" between parents and children. Using a qualitative approach, specifically the case study with comparison of groups, and based on the theoretical framework of psychoanalysis, it was found that the children's behaviors mentioned related to difficulties of parenting and marital dynamics

Keywords : Family; childrearing practices; parent-child relations; child discipline; preschool age children.

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