Parental beliefs in the parenting process and their relations with adolescent behavior

Abstract

Parental beliefs are structurally integrated into the relation between parents and adolescents, and could be considered as contributions to understand adolescent development. The objective of this article is to analyze the links between the beliefs of the parents and the behavior of the adolescents, for which a bibliographical review was performed in six databases, including 53 studies that quantitatively measure the influence of the beliefs of the parents in parenting practices with adolescents. In the analysis of the information, the following concepts were highlighted as "parental beliefs": general beliefs about human attributes and experiences, parent expectations, perceptions of the adolescent abilities, parental values and goals, parental self-efficacy and beliefs about control of the situation. As conclusions, it is established that there are appropriate theoretical indicators to consider that parental beliefs are affected by the attributes and experiences of the parents, influencing in a cascade effect the behavior of the adolescents.