Parental involvement after separation/divorce/O envolvimento parental apos a separacao/divorcio

• Published in: Psicologia, reflexão e crítica Vol. 23; no. 2; p. 289
• Main Authors: Grzybowski, Luciana Suarez, Wagner, Adriana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (JFRGS) 01.04.2010
• ISSN: 0102-7972; 1678-7153

Based on the ecological-contextual model and on the concept of parental involvement, this article proposes to discuss the parental practices of separated/divorced fathers and mothers towards their children. In order to do so, 234 subjects (117 fathers/117 mothers) with children at school were interviewed via the Parental Practices Inventory. Such instrument evaluated the parental involvement in 5 areas: affective involvement, didactic involvement, social involvement, disciplinary involvement and, responsibility. The results showed greater maternal involvement with children after the divorce: direct (care, interaction) and indirect (monitoring, preoccupation). The cohabitation with the mother revealed itself as a significant variable associated to her greater involvement with activities in the private/domestic environment while fathers had greater involvement in the public/social space. Contextual characteristics (cohabitation, frequency of visits) and characteristics of the parents (occupation, education, affective and conjugal issues) showed to be strongly associated with the parental involvement after divorce. Keywords: Parental practices; Parental involvement; Divorce; Fathers; Mothers. Apoiados no modelo ecologico-contextual e no conceito de envolvimento parental, este artigo se propoe a discutir as praticas parentais de pais e maes separados/divorciados com seus filhos. Para tanto, foram pesquisados 234 sujeitos (117 pais/117 maes) com filhos em idade escolar, que responderam o Inventario de Praticas Parentais. Tal instrumento avaliou o envolvimento parental em 5 areas: envolvimento afetivo, envolvimento didatico, envolvimento social, envolvimento disciplinar e responsabilidade. Os resultados evidenciam maior envolvimento materno do que paterno com os filhos apos o divorcio, tanto direto (cuidados, interacao) quanto indireto (monitoramento, preocupacao). A coabitacao com a mae mostrou ser uma variavel significativa associada ao maior envolvimento dela em atividades no espaco privado/ domestico, enquanto os pais tiveram maior envolvimento no espaco publico/social. Caracteristicas contextuais (coabitacao, frequencia de visitas) e caracteristicas dos pais (ocupacao, escolaridade, questoes afetivo-conjugais) mostraram-se fortemente associadas ao envolvimento parental apos o divorcio. Palavras-chave: Praticas parentais; Envolvimento parental; Divorcio; Pais; Maes.