Competencias parentales en progenitores de niños de Educación Básica de dos instituciones educativas del cantón Cuenca, periodo 2023-2024

Abstract

Parenting competencies are parents' abilities to face various situations of change, whose skills allow them to adapt to the evolutionary and educational needs of their children and guide parental behavior in the education of their progeny. The general objective of this research was to determine the parental skills of children aged 8 to 12 years from two schools in the Cuenca canton. The study has a quantitative research approach of descriptive scope. We worked with 200 parents from two educational institutions in a rural and urban context in the Cuenca canton, the sampling used was non-probabilistic for convenience. The instrument used was the Positive Parenting Scale (E2P v2). The results reveal that parental skills are optimal; however, parental skills are mainly in the risk zone. Both parents show high reflective competencies and low protective competencies; there are no notable variations according to the sex of the parent or the age of the children. Regarding marital status, there are intermediate frequencies in relational competencies and a high reflective competence. In conclusion, it is necessary to strengthen parental skills, especially protective ones, to promote better conditions for the development of children.