Attitudes of mothers towards parenting guidebooks and seeking social support

V magistrski nalogi smo preučili, kakšen odnos imajo matere do priročnikov za vzgojo otrok, kje iščejo socialno oporo in katerim virom socialne opore zaupajo. Pri tem je bila preverjena vloga vzgojnega stila, stopnja izobrazbe, vrsta izobrazbe in poklica matere. V raziskavi so sodelovale 204 matere, ki imajo otroke, stare med 3 in 6 let. Ugotovili smo, da bolj izobražene matere pogosteje uporabljajo priročnike kot manj izobražene. Matere s pedagoško izobrazbo v večji meri nasvete iščejo v strokovnih revijah, strokovni literaturi in se udeležujejo predavanj za starše, bolj pa tudi zaupajo tem nasvetom kot matere z nepedagoško izobrazbo. Matere, ki opravljajo pedagoške poklice, v večji meri nasvete iščejo v strokovnih revijah, v strokovni literaturi ter se udeležujejo predavanj za starše. Sledijo matere, ki opravljajo nepedagoške poklice, in nezaposlene matere. Matere, ki so svoj vzgojni stil v največji meri ocenile kot avtoritarnega, priročnike za vzgojo otrok berejo v najmanjši meri. Matere, ki so ocenile svoj vzgojni stil za avtoritativen, se ob vzgojnih dilemah po pomoč obrnejo na svojega partnerja, tem nasvetom pa tudi bolj zaupajo. Tiste matere, ki so svoj vzgojni stil ocenile kot permisiven, manj zaupajo nasvetom, ki jih preberejo v strokovnih revijah, knjigah oz. priročnikih.In the master\u27s thesis, we examined the attitude of mothers towards handbooks for raising children, found out where they seek social support and which sources of social support they trust. The role of the parenting style, level of education, type of education and mother\u27s profession were also examined. The study included 204 mothers with children aged 3 to 6 years. We have found that more educated mothers read handbooks on parenting more often as less educated mothers. Mothers with pedagogical education seek advice in parenting journals, scientific literature and attend parenting classes, but they also trust the advice they get more, as mothers with non-pedagogical education. Mothers who work in pedagogical professions mostly seek advice in parenting magazines, scientific literature and attend parenting classes. Mothers engaged in non-pedagogical professions and unemployed mothers follow. Mothers who consider their educational style as mostly authoritarian, rarely read handbooks on parenting. Mothers who use the authoritative parenting style turn to their partner for help when parenting dilemmas arise, and they also trust that advice more. Those mothers who consider their educational style as permissive do not trust as much in the advice they get from parenting magazines, books or handbooks