Exploring relationships among parenting styles, choices, and family quality of life among Chilean parents of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities

The relationships among parenting styles, choices provided to children, and perception of satisfaction about family life was examined in 64 families of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities in the Bio-Bio Region of Chile, South America. Choice-making of young children between 19...

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Main Author: Marfull Jensen, Marisol
Other Authors: Tara Flanagan (Internal/Supervisor)
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Published: McGill University 2011
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-QMM.971662014-02-13T04:05:22ZExploring relationships among parenting styles, choices, and family quality of life among Chilean parents of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities Marfull Jensen, MarisolEducation - Psychology The relationships among parenting styles, choices provided to children, and perception of satisfaction about family life was examined in 64 families of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities in the Bio-Bio Region of Chile, South America. Choice-making of young children between 19 and 59 months, with and without developmental disabilities (DD), was assessed, as well as their families' parenting styles and family quality of life. Self-determination was defined as the number of decisions that children were able to make in their daily lives, while family quality of life was defined as parental perception of satisfaction about their family life. Parents filled out questionnaires identifying their parenting style as either authoritative (high in structure, control and affection), authoritarian (high in structure and control and low in affection), or permissive (low in structure and control and high in affection), as well as choices provided to their children and perception of satisfaction about their family life. Intercorrelations among measures and hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that, while parenting styles were not significantly related to decision-making, they were related to parental perception of family quality of life. Implications for professionals include the need to work in collaboration with parents to implement culturally responsive interventions that promote self-determination among young children with disabilities.64 familles d'enfants en âge préscolaire, atteints ou non de déficiences développementales, ont été examinées dans la région de Bio-Bio au Chili, en Amérique du Sud, pour déterminer les relations entre style parental, choix fournis aux enfants et perception de la qualité de la vie de famille. Le processus de choix des jeunes enfants âgés de 19 à 59 mois, avec ou sans déficiences développementales (DD), a été évalué ainsi que le style parental en application dans leur famille et la qualité de vie de la famille. La capacité d'auto-détermination a été définie comme le nombre de décisions que les enfants ont été capables de faire dans leur vie quotidienne, tandis que la qualité de vie de la famille a été définie selon l'appréciation des parents quant à leur vie familiale. Les parents ont rempli des questionnaires identifiant leur style parental comme étant soit démocratiques ou directifs (niveaux de structure, contrôle et affection élevés), autoritaire (niveaux de structure et de contrôle élevé et niveau d'affection faible), ou permissif (niveaux de structure et contrôle faible et niveau d'affection élevé), ainsi que les choix proposés à leurs enfants et leur perception de satisfaction quant à leur vie de famille. Des corrélations entre les mesures et plusieurs régressions hiérarchiques ont révélées que, si le style parental n'était pas relié au processus de décision, il était lié à la perception parentale de la qualité de vie familiale. D'un point de vue professionnel, cela implique un travail nécessaire avec les parents pour mettre en place des interventions culturellement adaptées qui encouragent l'auto-détermination pour de jeunes enfants atteints de déficience.McGill UniversityTara Flanagan (Internal/Supervisor)2011Electronic Thesis or Dissertationapplication/pdfenElectronically-submitted theses.All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.Master of Arts (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology) http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=97166
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Marfull Jensen, Marisol
Exploring relationships among parenting styles, choices, and family quality of life among Chilean parents of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities
description The relationships among parenting styles, choices provided to children, and perception of satisfaction about family life was examined in 64 families of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities in the Bio-Bio Region of Chile, South America. Choice-making of young children between 19 and 59 months, with and without developmental disabilities (DD), was assessed, as well as their families' parenting styles and family quality of life. Self-determination was defined as the number of decisions that children were able to make in their daily lives, while family quality of life was defined as parental perception of satisfaction about their family life. Parents filled out questionnaires identifying their parenting style as either authoritative (high in structure, control and affection), authoritarian (high in structure and control and low in affection), or permissive (low in structure and control and high in affection), as well as choices provided to their children and perception of satisfaction about their family life. Intercorrelations among measures and hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that, while parenting styles were not significantly related to decision-making, they were related to parental perception of family quality of life. Implications for professionals include the need to work in collaboration with parents to implement culturally responsive interventions that promote self-determination among young children with disabilities. === 64 familles d'enfants en âge préscolaire, atteints ou non de déficiences développementales, ont été examinées dans la région de Bio-Bio au Chili, en Amérique du Sud, pour déterminer les relations entre style parental, choix fournis aux enfants et perception de la qualité de la vie de famille. Le processus de choix des jeunes enfants âgés de 19 à 59 mois, avec ou sans déficiences développementales (DD), a été évalué ainsi que le style parental en application dans leur famille et la qualité de vie de la famille. La capacité d'auto-détermination a été définie comme le nombre de décisions que les enfants ont été capables de faire dans leur vie quotidienne, tandis que la qualité de vie de la famille a été définie selon l'appréciation des parents quant à leur vie familiale. Les parents ont rempli des questionnaires identifiant leur style parental comme étant soit démocratiques ou directifs (niveaux de structure, contrôle et affection élevés), autoritaire (niveaux de structure et de contrôle élevé et niveau d'affection faible), ou permissif (niveaux de structure et contrôle faible et niveau d'affection élevé), ainsi que les choix proposés à leurs enfants et leur perception de satisfaction quant à leur vie de famille. Des corrélations entre les mesures et plusieurs régressions hiérarchiques ont révélées que, si le style parental n'était pas relié au processus de décision, il était lié à la perception parentale de la qualité de vie familiale. D'un point de vue professionnel, cela implique un travail nécessaire avec les parents pour mettre en place des interventions culturellement adaptées qui encouragent l'auto-détermination pour de jeunes enfants atteints de déficience.
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title Exploring relationships among parenting styles, choices, and family quality of life among Chilean parents of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities
title_short Exploring relationships among parenting styles, choices, and family quality of life among Chilean parents of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities
title_full Exploring relationships among parenting styles, choices, and family quality of life among Chilean parents of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities
title_fullStr Exploring relationships among parenting styles, choices, and family quality of life among Chilean parents of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities
title_full_unstemmed Exploring relationships among parenting styles, choices, and family quality of life among Chilean parents of pre-schoolers with and without developmental disabilities
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