Estilos de crianza y su relación con el comportamiento prosocial en adolescentes

Abstract

Introduction. The way in which parents raise and educate their children or the parenting styles they use are decisive for various spheres of life, including prosocial behavior, which are actions carried out for the benefit of other people without expecting retribution of any kind. Objective. Identify the relationship between parenting styles and prosocial behavior in adolescents. Methodology. The sample consisted of 96 students belonging to the first, second and third of unified general high school, from the province of Tungurahua-Ecuador, during the scholar year 2021- 2022, through a study with a quantitative approach, descriptivecorrelational scope and cut cross. The Parenting Dimension Primer Congreso en Ciencias Humanas & Ciencias de la Educación Página 595 . Congreso de Ciencias Humanas y Ciencias de la Educación P á g i n a 595 | 605 ISSN: 2600-5859 Vol. 5 No. 1.1, pp. 593 – 605, febrero 2022 www.concienciadigital.org and Styles Questionnaire and the original Caprara Prosociality Scale were used. Results. It was determined that the parenting style that prevails among adolescents is authoritative, followed by permissive. With regard to prosocial behavior, it was found that prosocial behavior predominates and later empathy and emotional support. Likewise, it was shown that women present a greater prosocial tendency in relation to men, identifying significant differences. At the same time, a statistically significant correlation was found between parenting styles and prosocial behavior. Conclusion. It was concluded that the parenting styles used by the main caregivers are related to the prosocial behavior of adolesc