Barni Daniela, Donato Silvia, Rosnati Rosa, Danioni Francesca
a Department of Human Sciences , LUMSA , Roma , Italy.
b Family Studies and Research University Centre , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore , Milano , Italy.
J Prev Interv Community. 2017 Jul-Sep;45(3):180-186. doi: 10.1080/10852352.2016.1198125.
This study focused on parents' motivations to transmit values to their adolescent children. According to Self-Determination Theory, controlled motivations (i.e., external and introjected)-which refer to doing something because it leads to approval or rewards-and autonomous motivations (i.e., identified and integrated)-which refer to doing something because it is perceived as inherently worthy-were examined. 325 Italian parental couples, with one child aged between 14 and 18 years, filled out a self-report questionnaire. Results showed that in value transmission, both parents were primarily moved by autonomous motivations, although for fathers, external motivations were more important than for mothers. Both paternal and maternal motivations resulted to be related with the values parents would like their children to endorse. In particular, the more parents felt volitional in transmitting values, the more they gave importance to self-transcendence in their children's socialization; the more parents were guided by controlled motivations, the more they would like their children to endorse conservation values. Implications of this research and its possible developments are discussed.
本研究聚焦于父母向青春期子女传递价值观的动机。根据自我决定理论，对控制性动机（即外部动机和内摄性动机，指因能获得认可或奖励而做某事）和自主性动机（即认同性动机和整合性动机，指因某事本身有价值而做某事）进行了考察。325对有一个14至18岁孩子的意大利父母填写了一份自我报告问卷。结果显示，在价值观传递方面，父母双方主要受自主性动机驱使，不过对父亲而言，外部动机比母亲更为重要。父亲和母亲的动机都与父母希望子女认同的价值观相关。具体而言，父母在传递价值观时感觉越自主，就越重视子女社会化过程中的自我超越；父母受控制性动机引导越多，就越希望子女认同保守价值观。本文讨论了该研究的意义及其可能的发展方向。
