Percepción de clima social familiar y actitudes ante situaciones de agravio en la adolescencia tardía

the purpose of this work was to evaluate the possible impact that the family social environment perception has on one's attitude when facing offensive situations in other environments. to this end, through an ex post facto investigation, 140 subjects of both sexes between the ages of 18 and 24, homogeneous by gender (70 men and 70 women) were studied. these subjects were residents in provinces of entre ríos and mendoza (república argentina). throughout its existence, the individual is heavily influenced by their environment. this assertion has been supported by authors in the fields of psychology and educational psychology (bowbly, winnicot, and others). also, how to perceive the environment influences how the individual behavior in that environment. then accordingly, the objective of this research was to determine whether a better social environment for families (greater cohesion and expressiveness and less conflict) is associat ed with a more prosocial attitude to the offense, from a psychological point of view, in the late adolescence. the evaluation methods applied were: the family social environment scale from moos, r., moos, b., and trickett a dapted by fernández ballesteros (1995). to evaluate the family environment of the participants used the dimension relationship: describes the relationships between family members, aspects of development that are most important in it and its basic structure. the attitudes on offensive circumstances questionnaire (moreno & pereyra, 2000) and a demographic survey. in analyzing the data, multiple analysis of variance (manova) was conducted. the results of the study showed significant differences in consideration of attitudes towards revenge and forgiveness in the groups with different familiar environment. those who perceived a less favorable atmosphere demonstrated a greater predisposition towards revenge and less towards pardon when faced with offensive situations in their work environment, friendships, with their parents