Abstract

SOUZA, Maria Aparecida de; RIVERA, Giovani Amado  and  SILVA, Jandilson Avelino da. Parenting Social Educational Skills of Mothers of Teenagers Pointed out as Having Behavioral Problems. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.3, pp. 1046-1063. ISSN 1808-4281.  http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/epp.2021.62709.

Parenting educational social skills are strategies that parents use to guide their children's behavior in situations of social interaction. This study is an exploratory descriptive research that aimed to assess the social skills related to the parenting practices of mothers of adolescent students from a public school identified as having social behavior problems. Twenty mothers participated in the study, selected from a convenience sampling that considered the occurrence of complaints by the school about their children's behavior problems. As a data collection instrument, the Parental Social Skills Interview Guide was used. The results found showed a low frequency of positive parenting practices to the detriment of a higher frequency of negative parenting practices performed by the participants in this research. Thus, it is possible to conclude a deficit in the parenting educational social skills of the mothers interviewed in the present study. This study suggests the need for greater attention on the design and implementation of training programs for parenting educational social skills for mothers who care for adolescents, since a possible improvement in this aspect may influence an improvement in parenting educational strategies.

Keywords : parenting educational social skills; mothers; adolescents; students; public school.

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