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How do parenting concepts vary within and between the families? The present study regards parenting as a complex family process by considering three concepts of parenting: styles, differential treatment and coparenting consistency. A main question was addressed: whether and how these parenting concepts vary within the families towards siblings or between the two parents, and between the families according to the child's, the parent's and the family's characteristics? The parenting concepts were computed from the EPEP questionnaire (Meunier & Roskam, 2007) in a sample of 101 non-divorced families: 101 mothers and 101 fathers of two siblings from 6- to 12-years-old. The parenting concepts were found to vary within the families towards two siblings and between the mother and the father. They were also found to vary between the families according to the child's age and personality traits as well as a function of the parent's educational level and the number of siblings.
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Comment les mesures associées à l'activité parentale d'éducation varient-elles au sein des familles et d'une famille à une autre? L'étude considère la parentalité comme un processus familial complexe en l'envisageant à travers trois concepts: le style parental, le traitement parental différencié et la consistance co-parentale. La question traitée dans cette contribution est de quelle manière ces concepts varient au sein des familles selon les enfants de la fratrie ou entre le père et la mère, et entre les familles en fonction des caractéristiques de l'enfant, du parent et de la fratrie. Les mesures de la parentalité sont basées sur le questionnaire Evaluation des Pratiques Educatives Parentales (Meunier & Roskam, 2007) à partir d'un échantillon de 101 familles nucléaires: 101 mères et 101 pères avec deux enfants de la fratrie âgés entre six et douze ans. Les résultats montrent que les mesures de la parentalité varient au sein des familles en fonction des enfants de la fratrie et entre le père et la mère. Ils montrent également que ces mesures varient entre les familles en fonction de l'âge et de la personnalité de l'enfant, du niveau de scolarisation du parent et du nombre d'enfants dans la fratrie.
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Roskam, I., Meunier, J.C. How do parenting concepts vary within and between the families?. Eur J Psychol Educ 24, 33–47 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03173473
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