The process of value transmission and internalization takes place on a number of levels (individual, relational and social), simultaneously involving different social actors. Family relationships are the natural forum for value transmission, namely within the couple (horizontal transmission) and from parents to children (vertical transmission). Referring to Schwartz Theory of Basic Values (1992), this research aims to investigate how sharing values among family members is associated to the quality of family relationships, considering both the horizontal and vertical axis of the transmission. In particular, the research examines the association between the value similarity/dissimilarity in the couple and between parents and adolescent children on the one hand and the quality of relations as perceived by parents considered in terms both of relational satisfaction and relational self-efficacy on the other. 381 family triads, composed of father, mother and one adolescent child (age range: 15-19 years) living in northern Italy took part to the study; each participant completed a self-report questionnaire aimed at investigating the constructs of interest. Overall, the results show how sharing values within the family, both within the couple and between parents and children, is related to a higher relational satisfaction and to a higher self-efficacy as perceived by parents. Particularly, it is family members similarity in terms of the importance given to conservation values that supports the quality of the family relations.

Il processo di trasmissione e interiorizzazione dei valori si articola su più livelli (individuale, relazionale e sociale), coinvolgendo simultaneamente più attori. Luogo privilegiato di trasmissione di valori rimangono le relazioni familiari, nella coppia (trasmissione orizzontale) e tra genitori e figli (trasmissione verticale). Con riferimento alla Teoria dei Valori di Schwartz (1992), la presente ricerca vuole indagare come la condivisione di valori tra i membri della famiglia sia legata alla qualità delle relazioni familiari, considerando contemporaneamente l’asse orizzontale e quello verticale della trasmissione. In particolare, essa prende in esame l’associazione esistente tra, da un lato, la similarità/differenza valoriale nella coppia e tra genitori e figli adolescenti e, dall’altro, la qualità delle relazioni percepita dai genitori, intesa in termini sia di soddisfazione relazionale sia di autoefficacia nella gestione delle relazioni coniugale e genitoriale. Alla ricerca hanno partecipato 381 triadi familiari, composte da padre, madre e figlio/a adolescente (range d’età: 15-19 anni), residenti nel Nord Italia; ciascun partecipante ha compilato un questionario self-report volto a indagare i costrutti di interesse. Complessivamente, i risultati ottenuti evidenziano come la condivisione di valori in famiglia, sia tra i partner che con i figli, si accompagni a una maggiore soddisfazione relazionale e a una più forte percezione di autoefficacia da parte dei genitori. In particolare, è l’essere simili rispetto all’importanza assegnata ai valori del conservatorismo a supportare maggiormente la qualità delle relazioni in famiglia.

Robitschek, M., Danioni, F. V., Barni, D., Iafrate, R., Condividere valori simili fa bene alle relazioni familiari: uno studio con genitori di figli adolescenti, <<RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA>>, 2018; 41 (2): 255-283. [doi:10.3280/RIP2018-002004] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/130481]

Condividere valori simili fa bene alle relazioni familiari: uno studio con genitori di figli adolescenti

Danioni, Francesca Vittoria;Iafrate, Raffaella
2018

Abstract

The process of value transmission and internalization takes place on a number of levels (individual, relational and social), simultaneously involving different social actors. Family relationships are the natural forum for value transmission, namely within the couple (horizontal transmission) and from parents to children (vertical transmission). Referring to Schwartz Theory of Basic Values (1992), this research aims to investigate how sharing values among family members is associated to the quality of family relationships, considering both the horizontal and vertical axis of the transmission. In particular, the research examines the association between the value similarity/dissimilarity in the couple and between parents and adolescent children on the one hand and the quality of relations as perceived by parents considered in terms both of relational satisfaction and relational self-efficacy on the other. 381 family triads, composed of father, mother and one adolescent child (age range: 15-19 years) living in northern Italy took part to the study; each participant completed a self-report questionnaire aimed at investigating the constructs of interest. Overall, the results show how sharing values within the family, both within the couple and between parents and children, is related to a higher relational satisfaction and to a higher self-efficacy as perceived by parents. Particularly, it is family members similarity in terms of the importance given to conservation values that supports the quality of the family relations.
2018
Italiano
Robitschek, M., Danioni, F. V., Barni, D., Iafrate, R., Condividere valori simili fa bene alle relazioni familiari: uno studio con genitori di figli adolescenti, <<RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA>>, 2018; 41 (2): 255-283. [doi:10.3280/RIP2018-002004] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/130481]
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