Tese de doutoramento, Psicologia Clínica (Psicologia da Família e Intervenção Familiar), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, 2014Family intergenerational transmission of values and parenting styles is the central theme in this dissertation. We aimed to contribute to the knowledge of the intergenerational transmission processes by identifying contextual – extra-familial, familial and parental – and individual factors that influence values (dis)similaritities and (dis)continuituies of parenting styles across family generations. First, we adapted Personal Values Questionnaire (n = 670), an instrument for assessing the importance of values as guiding principles in life, that revealed good psychometric qualities. This instrument was used in the subsequent three quantitative studies. In Study 2, we used a sample of 102 family triads – mother, father and adolescent children (n = 306) – to analyze the levels of parenting style (PS) continuity and the intergenerational concordance. Study 3 examined the cross-generational trends in collectivist and individualist values and family patterns of value similarities across three generations (grandparents, parents, and children), with a sample of 101 family triads (n = 303). Studies 2 and 3 suggested a higher PS continuity and values similarities on paternal lineage. Studies 4 and 5 were carried to understand the role of perceived quality of parental practices and the quality of family relationships in the acquisition of values. In Study 4, we evaluated, with structural equations modeling, whether the perceptions of parenting and relationship qualities within parents’ families-of-origin during adolescence predicted their current collectivist and individualist values (n = 110). Finally, in a sample of 515 adolescents, we investigated whether perceptions of the quality of parental practices would predict adolescents’ collectivist and individualist values (Study 5). Studies 4 and 5 highlighted family as a source of collectivist values. Implications for clinical intervention are discussed, as well as limitations and future directions for research.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT
