OLALLA CUTRÍN

OLALLA CUTRÍN

University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL SKILLS ON THE MANIFESTATION OF BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

In recent years there has been a considerable increase in the interest in the influence of parenting skills and styles on children's behavior problems. Some studies are being carried out in our context in order to understand more precisely how parental educational practices can act as a risk factor for the development of disruptive behaviors since childhood. In this line, the ELISA study lays the groundwork for a longitudinal research whose main objective is the early detection of behavioral problems in early childhood, and delves into the relevance of inadequate parental skills as one of the determinants of behavioral problems. In addition, many studies have been developed in different regions of our country to further investigate the influence of parental skills and styles on problematic behaviors in the adolescent stage. In this sense, it has been found that parental styles influence the manifestation of internalizing problems as well as externalizing problems and antisocial behaviors in adolescents. Within parental styles and abilities, parental knowledge, and, especially, the self-disclosure of information by the child, have been shown to be protective variables against the manifestation of antisocial behavior in adolescence. Therefore, the relevance of parental skills in the development of behavioral problems has been considered essential to elaborate prevention and intervention programs that affect these variables. Thus, the Family Competence Program has shown positive results in strengthening and promoting family relationships, positive parental skills, and children's prosocial behavior.

Olalla Cutrín is a PhD student at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain. She is currently a research fellow in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology in the predoctoral program of Xunta de Galicia. Since she began in the field of research in 2013, she has published several articles in national and international prestigious journals as main author and co-author (eg, Psicothema, The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, Journal of Child and Family Studies, and Personality and Individual Differences). Her short scientific production has been presented in many national and international congresses. Since 2015, she has been a member of UDIPRE "Research Unit on Prevention and Treatment of Behavior Problems" at USC. As a member of this group she has collaborated on several projects within the field of juvenile justice and behavioral problems. She currently collaborates in the project "Patterns of development of behavioral problems in childhood: towards a preventive intervention in a high risk profile" (PSI2015-65766-r), which is known as "ELISA Project: Longitudinal study for a Healthy Childhood ". Within her predoctoral training, her main research line is focused on the study of the influence of parental skills on behavioral problems in adolescence, analyzing specifically the mediation of having friends with antisocial traits in this relationship.

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