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Parenting Cultural Models of a Group of Mothers from Rio de Janeiro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Maria Lucia Seidl-de-Moura ,
Tatiana Targino Alves Bandeira ,
Katia Nahum Campos ,
Edilaine Moreno da Cruz ,
Gabriela dos Santos Amaral  and
Renata Gomes da Costa de Marca
Maria Lucia Seidl-de-Moura*
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Tatiana Targino Alves Bandeira
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Katia Nahum Campos
Affiliation:
Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Edilaine Moreno da Cruz
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Gabriela dos Santos Amaral
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Renata Gomes da Costa de Marca
Affiliation:
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Maria Lucia Seidl-de-Moura. Professor Titular. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rua Fritz Feigl, 465, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22750–600 (Brazil). E-mail: mlseidl@gmail.com
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Abstract

Developmental contexts have been studied in terms of systems of beliefs and practices, treated as part of general cultural models. This paper aims to describe aspects of parenting cultural models of a group of 200 primiparous Brazilian mothers from Rio de Janeiro, who had children less than 44 months old. Mothers answered the Socialization Goals Interview (SGI), and an adapted version of an inventory of beliefs about practices of care, developed by M. Suizzo. Answers to the SGI were coded in five categories and their subcategories: Self-maximization (SM), Self-control (SC), Lovingness (L), Proper demeanor (PD) and Decency (D), and scores in each of them were calculated. A factor analysis indicated three dimensions of mothers' beliefs about practices: Awaking and exposing the child to diverse stimuli (Stimulation), ensuring the Proper presentation of the child and Responding to and bonding to the child. Data was further analyzed in terms of subcategories of SM and D and of the relation to the factors mothers' educational level and sex of their child. Results showed that mothers from Rio de Janeiro share a cultural model of autonomy for their children, but that they also believe in the importance of their relationship to others.

Se han estudiado contextos evolutivos en términos de sistemas de creencias y prácticas, tratados como parte de los modelos culturales generales. El objetivo de este trabajo es describir algunos aspectos de los modelos culturales de crianza en un grupo de madres brasileñas de Rió de Janeiro, con niños menores de 44 meses de edad. Las madres completaron la Socialization Goals Interview (SGI) y una versión adaptada de un inventario de creencias sobre las prácticas de cuidados, desarrollado por M. Suizzo. Se codificaron las respuestas al SGI en cinco categorías y sus subcategorías: Auto-maximización (SM), Autocontrol (SC), Amorosidad (L), Comportamiento apropiado (PD) y Decencia (D) y se calcularon puntuaciones de cada una. Un análisis factorial reveló tres dimensiones de las creencias de las madres sobre las prácticas de: Despertar y exponer al niño a diversos estímulos (Estimulación), asegurando la adecuada presentación del niño y respondiendo a y estableciendo un vínculo con el niño. Además se analizaron los datos en términos de SM y de D y de la relación con los factores Nivel educacional de la madre y Sexo del niño. Los resultados mostraron que las madres de Rió de Janeiro comparten un modelo cultural de autonomía para sus niños, pero que también creen en la importancia de sus relaciones con los demás.

Keywords

parenting cultural modelsbeliefs and practicesautonomyinterdependencemodelos culturales de crianzacreencias y prácticasautonomíainterdependencia
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , November 2009 , pp. 506 - 517
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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