A Relação entre os estilos parentais e o engajamento escolar

The present study aimed to know the correlations between the dimensions (responsiveness and demand) of parenting styles and school engagement. Participants were 313 students, average age of 15.76 (SD 1 Endereço para correspondência: Departamento de Psicopedagogia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Educação, Campus I, Cidade Universitária, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil 58051-900. E-mail: patynfonseca@hotmail.com O presente artigo contou com apoio do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científi co e Tecnológico (CNPq) por meio de bolsas de Mestrado e de Iniciação Científi ca concedidas ao terceiro e quarto autores, respectivamente. Os autores agradecem a esta instituição. Santos, J. L. F., Fonsêca, P. N., Brasileiro, T. C., Andrade, P. O., Freitas, N. B. C. 760 = 1.50). Majority were females (55.6%) and from public school (77%). The participants answered the Parental Perception Questionnaire, School Engagement Scale and a sociodemographic questionaire. The results showed that the dimension responsiviness of maternal parenting styles correlated with the general factor of the School Engagement Scale (r = .25; p < .01) and the factors vigor (r = .24; p < .01), absorption (r = .21; p < .01) and dedication (r = .20; p < .01). Analyzing the results from MANOVA, were observed that the dimensions (responsiveness and demand) of the maternal parenting styles did not present any signifi cant statistic effect, contrary to what happened to the School Engagement Scale, where signifi cant differences were found in the education level [Wilk’s lambda = .81, F(20.979) = 3.10, p < .001, effect size = .05], indicating that participants from 2o year of high school had higher average in the factors dedication and absorption and the general factor. Concludes that there is need for a pedagogic work of orientation for the parents to inform the importance role of parental responsiveness in the dedication of the children in the school activities.