The influence of social vulnerability on parental styles. Generatting a research agenda.

Abstract

Social vulnerability implies deprivation linked to economic, educational, occupational, emotional, social and rights aspects, and covers 30.7% of the argentine population (CEPAL, 2018). On the other hand, parental styles refer to the different forms of interaction between caregivers and infants that impact on cognitive and socio-affective development. The objective of the next narrative review will be to analyze the impact of socioeconomic status (NSE) on the different styles of parenting. NSE influences parental styles, being the variables of educational level, type of communication and interaction and sociocultural environment the most predictive ones. In turn, upbringing in low NSE contexts brings about more punitive and negligent relationships. However, it is necessary to take into account the cultural context to analyze in an ecological way the different parental practices. In conclusion, it is important not only to reduce the impact of vulnerable environments, but also to work with families understood from a specific cultural environment to generate parenting practices that enrich children’s cognitive and emotional development.