Date of Award

Summer 1991

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Michelle L. Kelley

Committee Member

Mark W. Scerbo

Committee Member

Glynn D. Coates

Committee Member

Wemara Lichty

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65W55

Abstract

The present study examined the relation between maternal goals and practices and preschool children's cognitive development and behavioral compliance. Fifty low-income Black mothers of three- to five— year-old children were interviewed and completed several questionnaires that assessed childrearing goals and practices. The HOME, a measure of maternal stimulation was also assessed. Children were administered the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities and an achievement test. Child compliance to maternal requests was observed in the home. Considerable diversity was found in maternal childrearing goals. For the most part, maternal goals were not related to child outcomes; however, indirect-internal techniques (Sears, Maccoby, & Levin, 1957) and stimulating home environments were positively related to children's academic and cognitive functioning. Power assertive techniques were negatively related to behavioral compliance. Results are discussed in terms of the diversity of goals and parenting practices that exist among low-income mothers and the adaptiveness of these practices for the environments i n which children live.

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DOI

10.25777/shkt-7h10

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