Distribución de los estilos educativos y su nivel de afecto y exigencia de normas

Resumen

Educational styles made by parents have been the target of extensive research, coinciding many of them there are four styles. Educational styles are not fixed traits of action against the education of children, but it continued to vary according to the different parent-child interactions and the social context. The four parenting styles are not distributed in the population of pure form, but combined, where predominate the combination of several of them. The objective of this research is to assess the distribution of educational styles, if given alone or in combination predominate among them, using those proposed by Garcia Magaz and Styles (1998), overprotective, inhibicionista, punitive and assertive. Also be assessed in the resulting styles level in two dimensions affection affection-critical communication and Rejection, and the level of demand for the three inductive rules as rigid and indulgent dimensions. The sample consisted of 121 parents / mothers participating in training issues for mothers / parents in schools. The results showed a predominance of assertive style, alone, with few mixed styles. This also explains the high levels of communication and affection-indulgent style obtained. the results assessing the influence of social desirability in these studies are discussed.