Hijos y composición familiar

Abstract

Is there an ideal family model in which to grow, otherwise is there any difference between those who live as only child and those who live growing up in a family with more children? This is the question to which the research I personally led seeks to answer.The topic of the research, therefore, focuses on how it can affect the family composition on the development of children's personality. The aim to be achieved with this work is: to prove whether being an only child is a limit or a resource, demonstrating whether growing along with a brother or sister, constitutes a strength or weakness in the development of social autonomy, interpersonal and communication skills. The research, took into consideration, on an objective level, an analysis of behavioral nuances of only children and children with siblings of 9 years old. In a first step, the study was based on theoretical sources to investigate which implications the surveys carried out by other authors have had. In the second step we went out with the empirical study of the sample, by giving a biographical data questionnaire that collected the important variable of family composition, in correlation subsequently with the findings from the second part of the questionnaire, consisting of the items of the AIR (Assessment of Interpersonal Relations) of Bruce Bracken (1993), which is divided into three sections regarding the relationship with parents, with peers and teachers. Finally, in a third step by processing the data collected, we identified the results and conclusions of the research, otherwise the best family situations that ensure the actual development of relational and pragmatic skills, as well as the implications of social-emotional adaptation in the interpersonal relationships produced by the condition of anonly child or a child with sibling on children. The results confirm that only children, tend not to be too talkative, and their lower scores were found, in fact, in the relationships with peers. It is very clear, from the results of the sample, that only children have a very close relationship with their parents, a special bond with whom they can talk about everything. With teachers, only children feel much more comfortable interacting with, respect to children belonging to a family with siblings for which it could be a little more difficult. By contrast, the results of children with siblings, shows us, on their part, a minor deep connection with their parents, associated on the one hand, to put up walls against adults, which means their parents, and on the other hand, this deficiency is linked to the competition, the jealousy that characterizes the close relationship, always with regard to the relationship with parents. The results powerfully confirm that the brotherhood encourages to socialize and to bear other people, giving to children with siblings better relationships with peers. Keywords: children, siblings, family, emotional training, self-esteem, narcissism, sociability, confidence, emotional well-being, identification, emotional support.