A Comparative Study of the Attitudes of Alcoholic Veterans and Nonalcoholic Veterans toward Child Rearing Practices and Family Life

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara B. Pease ◽  
David F. Hurlbert
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Significant Variable ◽  
Attitude Questionnaire ◽  
Parental Attitude ◽  
Male Veterans ◽  
Stratified Sample

To compare parental attitudes of alcoholics and nonalcoholics a parental attitude questionnaire (PARI-Q4) was administered to a stratified sample of alcoholic veterans in a VA alcohol treatment program and to nonalcoholic male veterans employed at the VAMC. The f-test was used to test equality between samples. Pearson's r was used to correlate for age on all scales. ANOVA methods were used to correlate race, social class, and fatherhood variables. Significant differences between the groups appeared on six scales, “Encouraging Verbalization,” “Avoiding Harsh Punishment,” “Encouraging Emotional Expression,” “Irresponsibility of Father,” “Inconsiderate-ness of Wife,” and “Tolerating Aggression.” No significant differences regarding fatherhood, race, age or social class were found. Since alcoholism was the only significant variable found in this study it points to the need for intervention through teaching parental skills to alcoholics to decrease the risk of their children becoming alcoholics.

scholarly journals Effects of parental styles on the development of the preschoolers’ self-confidenceAnne-baba tutumlarının okulöncesi eğitim çağındaki çocukların özgüven duygusunun gelişimine etkisi

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 2762
Author(s):  
Ayşe Günalp ◽  
Abdülkadir Kabadayı
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Variance Analysis ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Attitude Questionnaire ◽  
Parental Attitude ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Positive Effect

The search was conducted in 3 schools in Aksaray. During the period of developing the questionnaire a wide literature scanning was done, after all an item pool consisting 75 items was formed by asking open-end questions to parents and individuals who are specialist on Guidance Psychology Centre. The questionnaire includes question groups to determine four different parental attitudes. Subtitles which are designed as parental attitudes are:1. Authoritarian-Pressure Parental Attitude2. Protective Parental Attitude3. Apathetic Parental Attitude4. Authoritative Parental AttitudeAfter a careful study, the item amount was increased to 60 so that each attitude could be formed with per 15 items. After that, Parental Attitude Questionnaire, which was 5 degree-Likert type and had 60 items, was presented to expert view. The points which items had from the expert view were evaluated via SPSS 7,5 Statistic Packet Program and 9 of the items which increased the validity of the questionnaire were changed then the search was re-presented to expert view. Criterion became ready after getting proofs related to the validity of 5 degree Parental Attitude Questionnaire. By getting necessary permissions, the questionnaire formed was applied in 8 classes to 160 parents whose pupils were 5-6 in schools determined in Aksaray. 130 of the questionnaire sheets came back and a hundred of them were taken to the evaluation. Carrying out the questionnaire, the items were degreed between 1-3 as Agree: 3, Partly Agree: 2, Disagree: 1. In order to put forth the proof of the validity of the questionnaire, Cronbach Alpha Interior Coherence Coefficient were calculated. Cronbach Alpha Interior Coherence Coefficient was found 0,75. Reliability Coefficient calculated with another reliability evaluation technique-Split-Half Technique was 0,81. These coefficients are in the degrees accepted good by the literature.During the analyzing of the data Variance Analysis were used. Average differences between attitudes were established. 0,05 Importance level was imbibed at controlling importance of Averages difference. In order to measure the effect of parental attitudes on children’s self-confidence developing Correlation Analysis was done and Pearson’s Correlation Co-efficiency was calculated. The findings from research were sum up below:In the end of the Variance Analysis, significant differences between groups were established. At the questionnaire we applied, the level parents’ democratic parental attitudes are higher than the other attitudes.In the end of the Correlation Analysis, it is established that democratic parental attitude has a meaningful and positive effect on self-confidence developing of children (5-6) go to pre-school education institutions.Also, it is established that other attitudes has significant and negative effect on self-confidence developing of children.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file.AbstractBebek ile anne-baba arasındaki ilişkiden doğan güven duygusu, insanın ileride kuracağı kişiler arası ilişkilerin temelini oluşturur. Çocuklarının, kendisine önem veren, kendine yeterli davranabilen, özgüvenli bir birey olarak yetişmesinde, anne babanın tutum ve davranışlarının büyük etkisi vardır.Küçük yaştaki çocuklar üzerinde yapılan araştırmalar, yaşamın ilk üç veya dört yılında ebeveynlerin çocuk yetiştirme şeklinin bu ilk yıllarında çocuğun sahip olduğu özgüveni belirlediğini göstermiştir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, okul öncesi eğitim kurumlarına devam eden 5-6 yaş grubu çocukların özgüven duygularının gelişiminde, ana-babaların sergilemiş olduğu tutum ve yaklaşımların etkisini tespit etmektir.Araştırmaya Aksaray ilinde bulunan okul öncesi eğitim kurumlarına devam eden 5–6 yaş grubu 100 öğrenci ve bu öğrencilerin velileri oluşturmaktadır. Ana baba tutumlarının etkisini ölçmek için adı geçen öğrencilerin velilerine ana baba tutumlarını belirleme anketi (ABTBA), öğrencilerin özgüven duygularının gelişim düzeyini tespit etmek amacıyla Öğrenci Özgüven Gözlem Formu (ÖÖGF) uygulanmıştır. Varyans Analizi sonucunda gruplar arasında anlamlı bir farklılığın olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Uygulanan Anne Baba Tutumları Anketinde ailelerin Demokratik Anne Baba Tutumunu benimseme düzeyleri belirlenen Baskıcı-Otoriter, Koruyucu, İlgisiz-Kayıtsız Tutumları benimseme düzeylerinden daha yüksektir.Ana baba tutumlarının çocukların özgüven duygularının gelişimine olan etkisini ölçmek amacıyla korelasyon analizi yapılmış ve Pearson Korelasyon Katsayısı hesaplanmıştır. Korelasyon analizi sonucunda ise demokratik ana baba tutumunun, okul öncesi eğitim kurumlarına devam eden 5–6 yaş grubu çocukların özgüven duygularının gelişimine anlamlı ve pozitif yönde etkisi olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Baskıcı-Otoriter, koruyucu, ilgisiz-kayıtsız ana baba tutumlarının ise çocukların özgüven duygularının gelişimine anlamlı ve negatif yönde etkisi olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Effects of a Ubiquitous Mentoring Program on Self-Esteem, School Adaptation, and Perceived Parental Attitude

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 1193-1208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyunghee Lee ◽  
Mi Jung Kim ◽  
Tae Hee Park ◽  
Ivy Lynne Alcazar-Bejerano
Keyword(s):  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Rapid Decline ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Parental Attitude ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Adaptation ◽  
The Impact

We examined the impact of a ubiquitous mentoring program on self-esteem, school adaptation flexibility, and perception of parental attitude toward child rearing of elementary students from low socioeconomic status families. We selected 23 elementary-school students whom we had identified as high-risk and each student was paired with a trained mentor for 20 sessions of a mentoring program. Ubiquitous mentoring significantly changed the students' perception of parental attitudes about child rearing and their perception of parents using democratic and authoritative styles of parenting had increased after 20 weeks of mentoring. Social self-esteem rapidly declined from baseline to the 20th week and an increase in family self-esteem was noted on the 20th week of the program. A rapid decline in school adaptation flexibility was noted from baseline to the end of the mentoring program. The data indicate that a ubiquitous mentoring program can serve as a support system for vulnerable children. We found that outcomes were greatly influenced by the length and quality of the mentoring and these factors should be considered as topics for future study.

Relation of Parental Attitudes toward Child Rearing and Patterns of Social Behavior in Middle Childhood

1969 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 575-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Thomas Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Parental Attitude ◽  
Behavior Characteristics ◽  
Trust Scale

76 Ss who spent 4 wk. in a private camp setting were ranked by peers and participant observers on a variety of social behavior characteristics, leadership, conformity, anxiety, aggression, etc. Parents of the 76 children completed Hereford's 75-item, 5-scale parental attitude form. Scores for mothers, fathers, and agreement scores between each set of parents were correlated with children's social behavior as assessed in the camp setting. Leadership was significantly related to parental agreement on the child trust scale, the degree to which the parents agreed on their perception of the child as an autonomous individual. While other correlations approached significance, no important patterns of relationships emerged.

Responses of mothers of children with CHD: quality of life, anxiety and depression, parental attitudes, family functionality

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1748-1754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatos Alkan ◽  
Tamay Sertcelik ◽  
Sermin Yalın Sapmaz ◽  
Erhan Eser ◽  
Senol Coskun
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Parental Attitude ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
Attitude Research

AbstractIntroductionThe aim of this study was to evaluate the anxiety and depression status, family functions, parenting attitudes, and quality of life in the mothers of children with CHD.MethodThe study enrolled 120 mothers: 40 of children with cyanotic CHD, 40 of children with non-cyanotic CHD, and 40 of healthy controls. Short Form-36 for quality of life, Hospital Anxiety–Depression Scale for anxiety and depression, Family Assessment Device for the detection of problems affecting family functions, and Parental Attitude Research Instrument for measuring child-rearing attitudes were used in the study.ResultsStatistically significant decreases were found in the general health standards of mothers of non-cyanotic children (p=0.035) and in the emotional and physical role difficulty of mothers of cyanotic children (p=0.006, p=0.010). When anxiety and depression levels of the parents were examined, the anxiety level of the cyanotic group was found to be significantly higher than that of the other groups (p=0.031). When family behaviours were assessed, there was a statistically significant decrease in role status in the families having a child with cyanotic CHD (p=0.035). In the Parental Attitude Research Instrument test, the husband and wife incompatibility sub-scale was found to be statistically significantly lower in the cyanotic CHD group (p=0.030).ConclusionWhen there is a diseased person in the family, the focus should not be solely on the problems of the patient but also on preventive methods to be implemented in order to protect the mental health of all family members.

Parent Ego States and Attitudes toward Family Life and Children

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1189-1190
Author(s):  
Thomas Schill ◽  
Selina L. Wang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Ego States ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
State Measure ◽  
Nurturant Parent

An attempt was made to relate Thorne and Faro's measure of parent ego state to child-rearing attitudes of college students. Results showed only limited support for the ego-state measure. Correlations were as expected for the nurturant-parent ego state but only for men. Few attitudes correlated significantly with the critical parent ego state.

scholarly journals Predictors of Parental Barriers to Reduce Excessive Child’s Screen Time Among Parents of Children Under Five Years of Age in Selangor: A Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliza Mansor ◽  
Norliza Ahmad ◽  
Nor Afiah Mohd. Zulkefli
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Parental Attitude ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Children Under Five ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Parental Barriers

BACKGROUND Globally, there is an increasing prevalence of excessive screen time exposure among young children, including Malaysia. Parents are advised to limit this exposure but there are barriers for many of them to follow this recommendation. To date, there is a lack of studies on the factors that cause these parental barriers. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the parental barrier towards the reduction of excessive child’s screen time and its predictors among parents of children under five years old in Petaling District, Selangor. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2019 to June 2020 among 789 parent-child dyads attending child health clinics in Petaling District, Selangor. Validated self-administered questionnaires were used to capture information on sociodemographic factors, parental influences, child-related factors, environmental factors, and parental barriers. Stratified sampling with probability proportionate to size was employed. Data were analysed with IBM SPSS version 25. Descriptive analysis and bivariate analysis were performed before multiple linear regression was used to identify the predictors of parental barriers. RESULTS The overall mean score of parental barriers was 3.51 ± 0.83, indicating that the average numbers of barriers experienced by parents were more than three. The multivariate analysis showed that the predictors of parental barriers included monthly household income (adjusted β: -0.031, 95% CI: -0.048 to -0.015), parents who worked in public sectors (adjusted β: 0.178, 95% CI: 0.063 to 0.292), positive parental attitude on screens (adjusted β: 0.684, 95% CI: 0.576 to 0.793), parents’ low self-efficacy to influence child’s physical activity (adjusted β: -0.318, 95% CI: -0.432 to -0.204), and child’s screen time (adjusted β: 0.042, 95% CI: 0.024 to 0.061). CONCLUSIONS The strongest predictor of the parental barriers to reduce excessive child’s screen time was the positive parental attitude on screen time. Thus, future intervention strategies should aim to foster correct parental attitudes towards screen time activities among young children.

After the Wall: Parental attitudes to child rearing in East and West Germany

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Uhlendorff
Keyword(s):  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
The Social ◽  
Family Orientation ◽  
Kinship Relations ◽  
East German ◽  
East And West

In the years following German reunification, East and West German parents (282 mothers and 207 fathers) were interviewed about attitudes to the rearing of their 7- to 13-year-old children and about their social networks. Path analyses show that East German parents engage in more protective and less permissive parenting, and that East German fathers raise their children in a more traditional and authoritarian manner than their West German counterparts. In part, these differences can be attributed to the strong family orientation of East German parents (many and intensive kinship relations, few friends). Further analyses show that corollaries of the social upheavals in East Germany, namely closer cohesion of the immediate family and a decrease in the social support provided by the extrafamilial environment, are associated with protective attitudes to parenting and hence with the tendency to limit children’s freedom of decision-making.

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