¿Cuántas veces dejamos de ser niños? : un análisis de la representación social de la autonomía infantil
Loading...
Publication date
Advisors
Center
Abstract
La flexibilidad que cada sociedad admite para señalar las fronteras
temporales de la infancia es una de las pruebas de que ésta es una
construcción social. El propósito de este estudio es analizar la
representación colectiva de estos límites etarios y su relación con el
concepto de autonomía tal y como aparece construido en la opinión
pública española. Usamos los últimos datos disponibles procedentes del
CIS y su estudio 2621 sobre opiniones y actitudes ante la infancia. Tras un
análisis factorial aparece una distribución latente conforme a una serie de
componentes que llamamos factores de autonomía. La principal
conclusión es que la opinión pública entiende ésta desde una perspectiva
adultocéntrica como una secuencia compleja que incluye diferentes
fronteras temporales que van desde edades tempranas, donde la
autonomía aparece como expresión del mundo privado y bajo
la autoridad familiar, a otras cercanas ya a la mayoría de edad que
incluyen actividades como la participación en el ámbito institucional y
las conductas asociadas al ocio juvenil.
The definition of the age range for childhood varies from one society to another, and has often been used as evidence that childhood is a social construction. The aim of this study is to analyse the collective representation of these age limits and their relationship with the concept of autonomy as constructed by public opinion in Spain. The latest available data about attitudes towards childhood from the Spanish Sociological Research Centre (CIS) were used, as well as CIS study 2621 on opinions, and attitudes to Childhood. Factorial analysis revealed a series of components that we have called «autonomy factors». The main conclusion is that public opinion understands childhood from an adultcentric perspective as a complex sequence that includes different temporal boundaries, ranging from an early age, where autonomy appears as an expression of a private world under family authority; to others closer to the age of majority, which include participation in the institutional sphere and behaviour associated with youth leisure time.
The definition of the age range for childhood varies from one society to another, and has often been used as evidence that childhood is a social construction. The aim of this study is to analyse the collective representation of these age limits and their relationship with the concept of autonomy as constructed by public opinion in Spain. The latest available data about attitudes towards childhood from the Spanish Sociological Research Centre (CIS) were used, as well as CIS study 2621 on opinions, and attitudes to Childhood. Factorial analysis revealed a series of components that we have called «autonomy factors». The main conclusion is that public opinion understands childhood from an adultcentric perspective as a complex sequence that includes different temporal boundaries, ranging from an early age, where autonomy appears as an expression of a private world under family authority; to others closer to the age of majority, which include participation in the institutional sphere and behaviour associated with youth leisure time.
Keywords
Unesco Subjects
Bibliographic citation
Rodríguez Pascual, I., Morales Marente, E.: "¿Cuántas veces dejamos de ser niños? : un análisis de la representación social de la autonomía infantil". Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. Nº 143, págs. 75-92, (2013). ISSN 0210-5233














