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Psicothema, 2009. Vol. Vol. 21 (nº 2). 268-273




¿Por qué y con qué intención lo hizo? Atribuciones de los padres y adolescentes en los conflictos familiares

María Josefa Rodrigo López, María Luisa Máiquez Chaves, Iván Padrón González y Marta García Ruiz

Universidad de La Laguna

Se estudian las atribuciones causales (locus, estabilidad y controlabilidad) e intencionales (positiva, negativa y neutra) ante conflictos familiares según el punto de vista del padre, de la madre y del adolescente en 270 familias biparentales y en función de que el conflicto sea clave para padres o para hijos. Se analizan las relaciones entre las atribuciones y las estrategias de resolución de conflictos reportadas (negociadora, dominante e indiferente). Los resultados indican que padres y madres en comparación con los adolescentes se atribuyen menos la causa del conflicto, la declaran como más incontrolable y atribuyen una mayor intencionalidad hostil al mismo (sobre todo las madres). Se observa una cierta transmisión generacional del patrón atribucional padre-hijo y padre/madre-hija con una estructura intencional clara sólo en el caso de las chicas. El patrón atribucional varía en función del tipo de conflicto mostrando el sesgo actor-observador en la tríada. Finalmente, se han obtenido relaciones moderadas entre intencionalidad y uso de estrategias de dominancia e indiferencia en los adolescentes y uso de las tres estrategias en los padres (sobre todo en la madre) moduladas por el tipo de conflicto.

Why and with what intention did they do it? Parents’ and adolescents’ attributions about family conflicts. Causal (locus, stability, and controllability) and intentional (positive, negative, and neutral) attributions about family conflict situations reported by father, mother, and adolescent were studied in a sample of 270 two-parent families according to the type of conflict (upsetting to adolescent or upsetting to parents). The relationships between attributions and use of strategies in conflict resolution (negotiation, dominance, and indifference) were also examined. Results indicated that, as compared to adolescents, parents blamed themselves less for the conflict and perceived it as less controllable, whereas adolescents (especially girls) perceived a more benevolent intention than parents (especially mothers). Transmission of the attributional pattern via father-son and father/mother-daughter was observed with a clear intentional structure only for daughters. The attributional pattern of the triad also varied according to the actor-observer bias. Lastly, moderate relations were obtained between intentionality and use of strategies of dominance and indifference in adolescents and use of the three strategies in parents (especially mothers), modulated by the type of conflict in all the cases.

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