Златко М. Павловић, Универзитет у Источном Сарајеву, Филозофски факултет Пале, Република Српска, Босна и Херцеговина, имејл: zlatko.pavlovic@ff.ues.rs.ba
Соња С. Каурин, Универзитет у Источном Сарајеву, Филозофски факултет Пале, Република Српска, Босна и Херцеговина
Весна З. Цвјетиновић, Универзитет у Источном Сарајеву, Филозофски факултет Пале, Република Српска, Босна и Херцеговина
Иновације у настави, XXXIX, 2026/1, стр. 81–96

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DOI: 10.5937/inovacije2601081P 

Резиме: Будући да задовољство животом има велики значај за оптимално функционисање човјека, потребно је више пажње обратити на везу између начина васпитања дјеце и њиховог задовољства животом. У раду су приказани резултати истраживања у којем су анализиране разлике у задовољству животом међу студентима (390 испитаника) у зависности од тога како су процијенили васпитне поступке својих родитеља у дјетињству. Мјерене су три врсте васпитних поступака: очекивања и захтјеви, похвале и награде, критике и казне. Разлике у задовољству животом анализиране су међу групама које су формиране према томе да ли су мајке и очеви наведене васпитне поступке примјењивали у већој или у мањој мјери, те према томе да ли су у примјени тих поступака родитељи били усаглашени или не. Добијени резултати сугеришу да веће задовољство показују испитаници чији су родитељи били мање захтјевни и имали мања очекивања од њих, испитаници чији родитељи су према њима примјењивали више похвала и награда, односно мање критика и казни. Резултати такође подржавају гледиште које истиче важност и врсте васпитних поступака и усклађености мајки и очева у тим поступцима за задовољство животом код испитаника, мада више говори у прилог ставу да врста васпитних поступака односи одређену превагу над усаглашеношћу. За задовољство животом важна је, не толико усаглашеност родитеља у васпитним поступцима сама по себи, колико да се та усаглашеност односи на васпитне поступке који су иначе повезани са већим задовољством животом.

Кључне ријечи: задовољство животом, породично васпитање, родитељски васпитни поступци, усаглашеност родитеља у васпитању

Summary: Educational outcomes, in a broader sense, can be expressed through indicators of the optimal functioning of students. One such indicator is life satisfaction. Life satisfaction is closely related to indicators of both physical and psychological functioning, as well as to achievements in various areas. Therefore, the issue of the relationship between parenting styles and children’s life satisfaction is of great pedagogical importance. This paper presents the results of a study that analyzed differences in life satisfaction among university students. A sample of 390 students was used to assess their perceptions of their parents’ upbringing practices in three categories: expectations and demands, praise and rewards, and criticism and punishment. Differences in life satisfaction were analyzed among groups of participants based on whether they perceived that their mothers and fathers applied these parenting practices to a greater or lesser extent, and whether the parents were consistent or not in the application of those practices. The results showed that higher life satisfaction was reported by participants whose parents were less demanding and had lower expectations, those whose parents used more praise and rewards, and those whose parents criticized and punished them less. The findings also support the view that both the type of parenting practices and the consistency between mothers and fathers in those practices are important for life satisfaction, although the results more strongly support the idea that the type of parenting practice has a greater influence than parental consistency. What matters for life satisfaction is not so much consistency between parents in itself, but whether that consistency involves parenting practices that are generally associated with higher life satisfaction.

Keywords: life satisfaction, family upbringing, parental upbringing practices, parental compliance in upbringing

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