Difficulties in Mothering in a Group of Mothers of Aggressive Children

• Autor(a) principal: Basaglia, Aline Esteves
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Souza, Maria Abigail de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/6605
• topic: agresividad; conducta antisocial; relaciones madre-niño; privación; escala diagnostica adaptativa operacionalizada; agressividade; comportamento antissocial; relações mãe-criança; privação; escala diagnóstica adaptativa operacionalizada; aggressiveness; antisocial behavior; mother-child relations; deprivation; adaptative operational diagnostic scale

Winnicott considered aggression in the school environment one of the manifestations of antisocial tendency, due to early emotional deprivation. With this assumption and to ensure a successful work with aggressive children, he suggested itwould be advisable to provide the protective and stable environment they lacked. Dueto the lack of studies directly addressing these mothers, we aimed to investigate the psychological functioning of mothers of aggressive boys between 8 and 12 years old. Thirty mothers, whose children were undergoing psychological treatment, were assessed through two psychodiagnostic interviews, one regarding the child and the other regarding the mother (Edao). The results showed weak emotional regulation, difficulty in establishing interpersonal contact, feelings of insecurity, anxiety and depressive tendency. Such characteristics could have a negative effect on the performance of maternal functions, reducing the possibility of providing their children with a protective and stable environment.