Mental Health Issues and Parenting Practice: Mediation of Family  Connectedness

Danica Radaković Serdar; Boro Merdović; Marina Kovačević Lepojević

doi:10.51738/kpolisa.2025.2r.002

Autori

Danica Radaković Serdar Centar za socijalni rad Stara Pazova i Centar za unapređivanje mentalnog zdravlja Psihookrilje, Beograd https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0132-8178
Boro Merdović Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova Republike Srbije, Beograd https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6619-5934
Marina Kovačević Lepojević Institut za pedagoška istraživanja, Beograd https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-1716

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51738/kpolisa.2025.2r.002

Ključne reči:

roditeljske prakse, problemi mentalnog zdravlja, porodična povezanost, roditelji, Srbija.

Apstrakt

Roditeljstvo se prepoznaje kao jedan od najvažnijih faktora u prilagođavanju dece i adolescenata. Savremena tumačenja faktora koji utiču na roditeljsku praksu naglašavaju značaj povezanosti unutar porodice kao zaštitnog mehanizma koji je povezan sa većim roditeljskim angažovanjem i pozitivnim roditeljstvom, a manjom upotrebom fizičkog kažnjavanja, nedoslednim roditeljstvom i slabim nadzorom. Cilj ove studije je da ispita odnos između problema mentalnog zdravlja kod roditelja i pozitivne i negativne roditeljske prakse. Pored toga, studija ima za cilj da istraži indirektne veze između problema mentalnog zdravlja roditelja i pozitivne i negativne roditeljske prakse, sa povezanošću u porodici kao posrednim (medijatorskim) faktorom. Uzorak je činilo 216 roditelja (82,1% ženskog pola). Podaci o problemima mentalnog zdravlja roditelja prikupljeni su korišćenjem Skale za procenu depresivnosti, anksioznosti i stresa – 21 (DASS-21), roditeljska praksa procenjena je pomoću Alabama upitnika o roditeljstvu (APQ), a podaci o povezanosti u porodici prikupljeni su korišćenjem Skale za procenu porodične rezilijentnosti (FRAS). Rezultati ukazuju na postojanje direktne veze između roditeljskog stresa i nedosledne roditeljske prakse (Z = 2.238; p < .05), kao i između roditeljske anksioznosti i slabog nadzora (Z = 2.472; p < .05), dok su indirektni efekti utvrđeni između roditeljskog stresa i uključenosti roditelja (Z = -2.825; p < .01), kao i između roditeljskog stresa i fizičkog kažnjavanja (Z = 2.405; p < .05). Nalazi se razmatraju u svetlu značaja porodične povezanosti za roditeljsku praksu.

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