This research conducted a review of national literature related to parenting in Psychology. A search of the SciELO, and PePSIC INDEXPSI was made, obtaining 32 items. Among them, 46% were on theoretical and 50% on empirical issues and 4% were on the revision of literature . The most important areas of research on parenting have been the topics Parenting within Life Transition (f=10), Gender Relations within Parenting (f=7), Parenting under Adverse Conditions (f=7), Parenting within Adoption (f=5), and Homo-affective Parenting (f=3). One major result was the concept of polysemy in parenting and conceptual confusion between parenting and fatherhood. It has to be concluded that the study of parenting is still recent in Brazil, which requires further research to broaden their understanding and to include other phases of development beyond adult life as well as aspects of normative development.
Adult development; psychosocial development; developmental psychology
