Pratiche educative genitoriali e orientamento alla punizione: un confronto tra italiani e immigrati

Titolo Rivista MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Autori/Curatori Angelica Arace, Donatella Scarzello, Cristiano Occelli
Anno di pubblicazione 2013 Fascicolo 2013/1
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 21 P. 37-57 Dimensione file 695 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2013-001003
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L’obiettivo dello studio era indagare, in un’ottica cross-culturale, la presenza di differenze nelle pratiche educative genitoriali, con particolare attenzione all’orientamento nei confronti della disciplina fisica e all’uso delle punizioni corporali. 123 genitori (61 madri e 62 padri) di bambini in età scolare, per il 52% italiani e il 48% immigrati, hanno compilato un questionario self-report su credenze, valori, pratiche educative e tecniche disciplinari. Per quanto attiene i risultati dello studio, 1) non sono emerse differenze culturali nella credenza sull’adeguatezza della disciplina fisica e nella frequenza dell’uso delle punizioni corporali; 2) in entrambi i gruppi la disciplina fisica si associa all’assenza di sostegno emotivo, alla rabbia ed impulsività genitoriale; 3) la relazione tra genere del genitore, stile di parenting e comportamento punitivo è diversa per genitori italiani e stranieri; 4) genere dei figli e numerosità della prole influenzano il comportamento punitivo genitoriale.;

Keywords:Pratiche disciplinari, punizioni corporali, valori educativi, differenze etniche

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Angelica Arace, Donatella Scarzello, Cristiano Occelli, Pratiche educative genitoriali e orientamento alla punizione: un confronto tra italiani e immigrati in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 1/2013, pp 37-57, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2013-001003