La funzione scaffolding di routine e rituali familiari durante l’età prescolare dei figli

This research aims to study, for the first time in the Italian context, the frequency and relevance of family routines and rituals during the pre-school stage in a non-clinical children group. The paper presents the results of a family survey of 321 subjects in order to investigate how the routine importance and the rituals meanings are associated with changes in children well-being. The findings highlight how the everyday can be regarded as a stable structure (scaffolding) that by organizing routines, roles and rituals enhances adaptive behavior in children during the preschool age.