Abstract

LEME, Vanessa Barbosa Romera; MARTURANO, Edna Maria  and  FONTAINE, Anne Marie Germaine Victorine. Social skills, behavior problems and academic competence by children of nuclear and remarried families. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.3, pp. 854-876. ISSN 1808-4281.

From the perceptions about mothers and teachers, this study aims to assess similarities and differences in social skills, behavior problems and academic competence of children from nuclear families and stepfamilies. Participants are 94 mothers (33 nuclear family mothers, 31 mothers who have been remarried for less than three years and 30 mothers who have been remarried for over three years), whose children passed through the transition of  first grade of elementary school, and 22 teachers. The instrument used is Social Skills Rating System (version parents and teachers). In general, according to the reports of mothers, children of nuclear families had more social skills and fewer behavior problems than children of stepfamilies. For teachers, there were no differences in social skills and academic competence of children from nuclear and stepfamilies. However, according to evaluations of teachers, children from stepfamilies exhibit more behavior problems compared to children from nuclear families.

Keywords : parent; children; family; behavior; competence.

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