Comparative study of maternal and paternal disciplinary strategies.
Parents (109 mothers, 109 fathers) of 109 middle-class preschool-age children were interviewed separately in individual taperecorded home interviews to assess whether either parent was prone to use assertion of power or inductive reasoning as disciplinary strategies. Fathers reported using more power-assertive disciplining strategies with their preschool-age children than mothers.
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Department of Family Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84604.
Robinson
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D000328:Adult; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011678:Punishment