Parents' Goals and Practices: To What Extent do Parental Goals for Socialization Relate to Their Practices?

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dc.contributor.authorFox, Glenn Elbert Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeechairStremmel, Andrew J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRogers, Cosby Steeleen
dc.contributor.committeememberBenson, Mark J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFu, Victoria R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSporakowski, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:11:41Zen
dc.date.adate1999-06-02en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:11:41Zen
dc.date.issued1999-05-10en
dc.date.rdate2000-06-02en
dc.date.sdate1999-05-27en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between a parents' goals for their children and their parenting behaviors. An ecological framework (Bronfenbrenner, 1979, 1990) provides the primary theoretical basis for the study, locating the relationship between parent goals and parent practices within a network of other influences on parenting practices, such as family income, ethnicity, parent educational level, and the degree of similarity in temperament between parent and child. Three different types of parental goals were investigated, using the Parenting Goals Questionnaire (Martin, Halverson, & Hollett-Wright,1991); achievement, independence, and respect for parents. These goals were relevant to subscales of the Child Rearing Practices Questionnaire (Block, 1986). Results indicated partial support for a relationship between parenting goals and parenting practices. The hypothesized link was found for independence-oriented goals and practices, and for traditional goals and authoritarian behavior, but not for traditional goals and parental encouragement of emotional expression.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-052799-140818en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-052799-140818/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37921en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartdiss.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectParent Practicesen
dc.subjectEcological Perspectiveen
dc.subjectParent Goalsen
dc.titleParents' Goals and Practices: To What Extent do Parental Goals for Socialization Relate to Their Practices?en
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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