Influencia de los estilos parentales en el desarrollo de habilidades sociales en niños de primer grado de EGB

Abstract

Abstract: Family is the fundamental environment where children acquire their main habits, skills and behaviors, which will influence them during their lives. This research seeks to understand how the different parenting styles used by parents of first grade children in Loja influence their social skills. A descriptive-correlational approach was adopted, with a quantitative design and a non-experimental cross-sectional structure. Data has been collected through a literature review and the application of two instruments: the Parenting Practices Questionnaire and the Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scale. The results of the research showed that in the sample evaluated, the most prevalent parenting style is the democratic one (47.95%), followed by the permissive style (33.32%) and the authoritarian style (18.73%). In terms of social skills, most of those evaluated revealed high levels. Through this study and the corresponding measurements, we can conclude that there is a direct relationship between the two study variables, which has been corroborated through the analysis of Spearman's correlation.