Parenting and children´s socialization context in Chile: evidence on attachment, cognitive stimulation, and family functioning

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Abstract

The home environment, and specifically, parenting practices and behaviours are widely recognized as salient for children's development (e.g., Carlson, 2009). Even though this association is thought as universal, the specific socialization practices may vary by culture or context (Rogoff, 2003).The four studies presented in this symposium provide an overview of different aspects of the socialization context of Chilean children. Examining children at diverse development stages and SES backgrounds also offers a portrayal on potential strengths and challenges for Chilean families.
Paper (1) presents a systematic review of the literature on attachment in Chilean children; the author analyses the limitations and challenges in the study of parenting in Chile. Papers (2) and (3) focus on the learning environment of children from low-income families. Paper (2) presents a detailed description of the maternal and paternal linguistic input and cognitive stimulation in a group of 3-year-old Chilean children and parental factors that may relate to them. It also explores factors that may be related to the quality of this environment. Paper (3) examines how maternal and child characteristics are associated with the home literacy environment (HLE) at age 4, and how this is related to reading comprehension at age 9. Finally paper (4) investigates family functioning during adolescence. More specifically, it examines maternal and child expectations of autonomy and development of self-esteem and depressive symptoms in adolescence.
Together, these papers contribute to our understanding of parenting and the socialization context of children in the global south

Sub Unit

• Solicited Content: Global South

Chair

• Daniela Aldoney, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD)

Individual Presentations

• Attachment and Parenting from Chilean context: What do we know and future challenges - Presenting Author: Rodrigo A. Cárcamo, University of Magallanes

• Home environment of 3 year-old Chilean children: Maternal and paternal language and cognitive stimulation - Presenting Author: Daniela Aldoney, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD); Non-Presenting Author: Fernanda Prieto, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD)

• Home literacy environment at age 4 and its determinants and relation with reading comprehension at age 9 - Presenting Author: Mayra Mascareño Lara, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (UG/RUG); Non-Presenting Author: Susana Mendive, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Non-Presenting Author: Daniela Aldoney, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD); Non-Presenting Author: Jose Pezoa, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Non-Presenting Author: Erika Hoff, Florida Atlantic University

• Understanding how autonomy expectations are related to family functioning dimensions relevant to the development of self-esteem and depressive symptoms in adolescence - Non-Presenting Author: Jessica Vidal, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD); Presenting Author: J. Carola Perez Ewert, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD)