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DURAN-DELGADO, Esteban  y  ROSABAL-COTO, Mariano. Parental Belief Systems and Cultural Orientation in Children in Temporary Care: a Case Study in a State-Run Village in Costa Rica. Rev. Costarric. Psic [online]. 2017, vol.36, n.2, pp.172-197. ISSN 1659-2913.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22544/rcps.v36i02.05.

This paper discusses the findings of the study “Characterization of Parenting Style among Children in a Permanent- Care State-Run Village: Parental Belief Systems and Cultural Orientation” (Duran-Delgado, 2012). The cultural specificity of parenting, in a context of institutional care in a semi -permanent publicly-run establishment is analyzed from the perspective of prior studies on the cultural peculiarities of parenting in Costa Rica. We discuss how the context and the culture have a homogenizing function with regards to trajectories for development. Based on a mixed-design context-sensitive methodological approach, we worked in a publicly-run institution for transitory care. Interviews, scales and ethnographic observation were carried out on the children and their care-takers.

Based on the study, we conclude that in spite of the discontinuity offered by the institutional context, developmental trajectories oriented to the autonomous relationships typical of the culture are successfully stimulated and formed.

The care-takers’ beliefs and practices show evidence of a peculiarity of the institutional context of care, as well as not allowing them to enlist in the trajectories of the predominant local culture. The stimulus towards more autonomous forms of development in the midst of the context of the relationships reflects the need for stimulating more resilient forms for this population in particular.

Palabras clave : Developmental cultural psychology; parenting and child rearing in institutional contexts; parental belief systems; cultural orientation and child development; non-kinship homes; temporary governmental institutional care.

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