An analysis of Parsonian nuclearity from an investigation about the relationship between family structure and parental satisfaction

• Autor: Luengo R., Tomasa
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revista UNMSM - Revista de Investigación en Psicología
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/3810
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/psico/article/view/3810
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: nuclear; single-parent; binuclear; family satisfaction; monoparental; satisfacción familiar

The study analyses of the “degree of association” between the satisfaction expressed by the parental figures and the family structure they belong to: Family nuclear, single-parent, binuclear and complex families. In the transversal investigation, 631 mothers and fathers from the middle and upper-middle socio-cultural class took part. The identification of the family structures was undertaken by means of a Family Structure Questionnaire, an adaptation of the Single-parent Family Questionnaire (Rodríguez and Luengo, 2000) and the evaluation of family satisfaction with the AFSE (Barraca and López, 1999). The study shows and that the non-traditional family models are less problematic than that explained by Parsonian structural functionalism.