MOTA, Catarina Pinheiro    PINHEIRO, Mónica. Parental styles, bullying and the mediational role of psychopathological symptoms in adolescents and young adults. []. , 32, 2, pp.41-55. ISSN 0874-2049.  https://doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v32i2.1345.

Over the last decades, the bullying phenomenon had countless repercussions, however, it still remains an issue that need to be addressed according to a comprehensive and relational approach of young’s experiences. The present study aims to analyse the perceived parenting styles (either to mother or the father) and to test their involvement on bullying behaviours, as well as to test the mediating role of the psychopathological symptomatology in last association. The study sample consisted of 1976 adolescents and young adults aged between 14 and 25 years old (M = 17.22, SD = 2.50). The results indicate a significant effect of parenting styles regarding to bullying behaviours, as well as the existence of a mediation role of psychopathological symptomatology in the association between parenting styles and bullying behaviours. The results will be discussed in light of Baumrind’s theory, assuming the importance of parenting styles to the psychological and behavioural development in adolescents and young adults.

: Parental styles; bullying; psychopathological symptomatology; adolescents and young adults.

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