Descripción del proyecto
Cuando el exceso de apoyo de los progenitores es perjudicial para los adolescentes
Los altos niveles de apoyo de los progenitores suelen estar asociados a unaautoestima elevada y al bienestar social. Sin embargo, demasiado amor y apoyo por parte de los progenitores puede ser contraproducente. ¿Qué ocurre cuando el exceso de apoyo socava el crecimiento personal de un adolescente? Aunque parezca que ello ayuda al menor a superar la ansiedad o la depresión a corto plazo, el exceso de apoyo de los progenitores puede, en realidad, mermar las posibilidades de bienestar a largo plazo. Ahora bien, no siempre es así. Para arrojar luz sobre estos mecanismos, el equipo del proyecto PARADOx del Consejo Europeo de Investigación encuestará durante 3 años a 300 familias neerlandesas con menores de entre 12 y 16 años. El objetivo es desarrollar un modelo teórico de apoyo parental específico para cada familia, basado en datos de la vida real.
Objetivo
One-third of adolescents (12-18) experience emotional problems, such as anxiety and depression. This leads to enormous personal impact which often continues a lifetime. Support from parents is a protective factor that can increase the well-being of adolescents and reduce depression and anxiety. However, defying this currently held view, concerns are growing that support backfires in some families.
THE PARENTAL SUPPORT PARADOX. No matter how well-intended and well-received in the short run, over-supportive parenting can undermine opportunities for personal growth. This weakens long-term well-being. Who support backfires for and what the mechanisms are is unknown, because psychologists have lacked the data and analytical tools to study how parenting predicts well-being in individual family units.
DEVELOPING FAMILY-SPECIFIC METHODS. To theorize the short-term and long-term effects of parenting, my team and I will conduct one of the largest and most intensive studies of parental support and well-being. 300 Dutch families with a child, aged 12 to 16, will complete smartphone-based micro-surveys to capture parent-child interactions in daily life. Families are followed for three years, with seven follow-up surveys. As ultimate proof of theorized family-specific dynamics, we will test in an experiment (2 x n=100) if feedback on their real-life data strengthens parenting and improves child well-being.
IMPACT. Now that we can study each family’s unique daily dynamics, PARADOx will generate an entirely new family-specific theoretical model of parental support, explaining for whom and through which mechanisms support backfires. We will also target these dynamics with prevention, to transform support from a potential cause of emotional problems to a protective factor. The project will develop new concepts for personalized parenting advice for this purpose. Moreover we will deliver a toolbox of methods to study family-specific dynamics, which is disseminated across d
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- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC GrantsInstitución de acogida
3062 PA Rotterdam
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