PARENTS' ROLES IN CHILDREN'S MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
PARENTS' ROLES IN CHILDREN'S MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Summary/Abstract: The world today treats gender issues delicately and under the authority of political correctness. Gender equality, the rights and obligations of men and women, and equity in their authentic establishment are topics treated differently according to the given socio-cultural context. This study explores the impact of this context on children's mental representations, and presents an in-depth description of their image of mother and father, in a young democracy, where religion unites the national perspective and vocally defines gender roles. For this research, the drawings of a group of primary school students were analysed (n=215). Also, students were asked to describe their mother and father in an open question survey. The analysis presents separate images of the two parents, puts together common characteristics, and makes connections with the socio-cultural environment. The voice of change is heard through the aspects encountered in children’s mental images.

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