Análisis exploratorio de la percepción en niños preescolares sobre la interacción recíproca con sus madres

Abstract

Objective.
Although conceptual advances and empirical evidence with school-age children and adolescents
suggest that children’s perceptions are relevant in understanding the reciprocal reactions between parents and
children, the level of knowledge in the case of pre - school children is almost non - existent. The main objective
of this study was to explore the perception of preschool children of the relationships with their mothers, and
to determine whether scores were related with differences on parenting competence, as well as with other
parenting factors.
Method.
Data were collected from 50 mothers who responded to several questionnaires
and their children (
n = 50)
, who answered a pictorial test of perception of the relationships with their mothers.
Results.
Results indicated that scores from the questionnaires were consistent with perceptions of children
regarding appropriate or inappropriate interactions: for mothers on parental competence, stress, and subjective
well - being, and for children on psychosocial adaptation, stress, and behavior problems; as well as with scores
relating to the temperament of both.
Conclusion.
The results and their implications are discussed in terms of
establishing coherence between conceptual advances and the empirical evidence on reciprocal interactions.