Abstract
The present article describes preliminary results of a study that aims to analyse the relationship among Portuguese adolescent perception of parental styles, social support received from family and peers and their school behaviour. Participants were 537 adolescents aged between 14 and 16. The “Parental Author- ity Questionnaire”, the “Perceived Social Support-Friends Scale” and “Perceived Social Support-Family Scale” were used to measure adolescent perceptions. Overall, Portuguese adolescents perceive their parents as using predominantly a democratic parental style. Associations between school behaviour and parental styles show that “well-behaved” adolescents perceive their parents as less permissive. On the other hand, adolescents who misbehave perceive their parents as more permissive and authoritarian. As regards the relationship between perceived school behaviour and social support, adolescents recognise receiving greater support from peers than from family, and adolescents who “often behave badly” are those who refer to receiving less social support, either from the family or peers.
Highlights
In modern school communities classroom misbehavior seems to be a recurring concern of professionals, often appearing associated with school failure, dropouts and social exclusion
On the other hand, considering individual adjustments that occur in adolescence, we established as a second goal to study whether Portuguese adolescent school behavior relates to their perception of social support from their family and friends
In addition to these two major objectives, we aim to look at what impact gender and the level of schooling of the parents may have on Portuguese adolescent perceptions of parental styles, social support received from family and social support received from peers
Summary
In modern school communities classroom misbehavior seems to be a recurring concern of professionals, often appearing associated with school failure, dropouts and social exclusion. As a first major objective, we aim to verify whether Portuguese adolescent school behavior relates to, and in what way, their perception of parental styles. On the other hand, considering individual adjustments that occur in adolescence, we established as a second goal to study whether Portuguese adolescent school behavior relates to their perception of social support from their family and friends. In addition to these two major objectives, we aim to look at what impact gender and the level of schooling of the parents may have on Portuguese adolescent perceptions of parental styles, social support received from family and social support received from peers
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