Prácticas de crianza y competencia social en niños de 3 a 5 años

Abstract

Social competence is one of the most important skills for the adequate personal adjustment to society.
The family becomes the first and most important childhood socializing agent because during this
period children learn social skills, attitudes and other skills necessary for adapting themselves to the
context in which they are living. The purpose of this paper is to establish the relationship between
parents’ rearing styles and children’s social competence. In the study, 206 students from 3 to 5 years
old and their parents were involved. Results show that parental supervision is one of the characteristics
of rearing styles that has the most positive effects on children’s social competence. On the contrary,
other rearing practices such as the use of punishment or negative expression of affection are related
with maladjusted behaviors.