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

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.

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

Journal of Drug Education ◽

10.2190/jp82-gq60-wng2-vh45 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 125-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

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.

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

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2015.43.7.1193 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 43 (7) ◽

pp. 1193-1208 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

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.

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

Cardiology in the Young ◽

10.1017/s1047951117001184 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (9) ◽

pp. 1748-1754 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

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.

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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)

10.2196/preprints.25219 ◽

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.

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Gender, Adult Structuring of Activities, and Social Behavior in Middle Childhood

Child Development ◽

10.2307/1130443 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 57 (5) ◽

pp. 1200 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Aletha C. Huston ◽

C. Jan Carpenter ◽

Jane B. Atwater ◽

Lisa M. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Social Behavior ◽

Middle Childhood

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

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1080/01650250344000280 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 71-82 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

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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Aspiration to enrol children in Islamic studies: a case of academicians

Journal for Multicultural Education ◽

10.1108/jme-12-2014-0043 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 435-448

Author(s):

Tazul Islam ◽

Tareq M. Zayed

Keyword(s):

Design Methodology ◽

Economic Status ◽

Parental Attitudes ◽

Career Aspirations ◽

Preliminary Observation ◽

Social Recognition ◽

Parental Attitude ◽

Content Type ◽

Islamic Studies ◽

Maximum Variance

Purpose A preliminary observation reveals that children of Islamic studies (IS) academicians do not choose IS as their career discipline. In view of this, this paper aims to explore the dimensions of parental attitudes, behaviours, perceptions and aspirations in seeing a future in IS for their children. Design/methodology/approach Fifteen interviews were conducted to explore the attitude of IS academicians. Findings led us to hypothesize that perceived social recognition explains the maximum variance. Later, 126 academicians were surveyed. Findings Results of regression analysis rejected the null hypothesis. The parental attitude of IS academicians, their engagement and perceived social recognition significantly predicted their aspiration in enrolling their children in IS. The regression model explained 64 per cent of total variance accounted for IS academicians’ career aspirations for their children. This study suggests investigating the socio-cultural and geographical impact on the career aspirations of IS academicians for their children. Originality/value The findings and results of the study can contribute to educational counselling to guide the counsellors. Further study on this issue may reveal whether IS academicians have plans to modify the curriculum or change their socio-economic status. It should also be examined whether they are doing so as a part of their implicit or explicit strategy.

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