Relationship between Mental Representations of Parents and Social Competence of Abused and Nonabused Children

Considering the importance of mental representations of parental figures in the developmental trajectoryof children, this study aimed to analyze the relationship of these representations with the social competence of abused and nonabused children. A total of 62 school-aged children participated in t...

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Autores: Sousa, Mariana Lopes, Cruz, Orlanda
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/17961
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17961
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Psicologia do Desenvolvimento
Representação mental em crianças
Representação parental
Relações pais-criança
Competência
Abuso da criança
Mental representation in children
Parental representation
Parent child relations
Competence
Child abuse
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Sumario:Considering the importance of mental representations of parental figures in the developmental trajectoryof children, this study aimed to analyze the relationship of these representations with the social competence of abused and nonabused children. A total of 62 school-aged children participated in this study (22 maltreated and 40 nonmaltreated). The mental representations of the children were assessed with the Children Representations about Parental Figures Interview, while social competence was assessed with means of the Portuguese version of the Social Skills Rating System ”“ form for teachers. The association between representations of parental figures and social competence observed in normative samplesdoes not exist in abused children. These results suggest that abused and nonabused children attribute different meanings to their parents’ behavior.