The Relationship Between Parents' Attitudes Toward Child Rearing and the Sociometric Status of Their Preschool Children

Peery, J. Craig; Jensen, Larry; Adams, Gerald R.

doi:10.1080/00223980.1985.10542928

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“…The same assumption is made in almost all socialization research, and most previous studies of parental regulation of child autonomy, such as those by Putallaz (1987) and Peery et al (1985), discussed in the introduction. However, some recent theories maintain that one hallmark of quality parenting is the judicious choice of the domains in which autonomy should be granted and withheld (Nucci & Smetana, 1996).…”

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“…In interpreting our ndings, it must be remembered that they are based on the assumption, which is supported by many of our data and those from other studies, that parental granting of autonomy is suf ciently stable across situations to be studied as a cohesive construct. The same assumption is made in almost all socialization research, and most previous studies of parental regulation of child autonomy, such as those by Putallaz (1987) and Peery et al (1985), discussed in the introduction. However, some recent theories maintain that one hallmark of quality parenting is the judicious choice of the domains in which autonomy should be granted and withheld (Nucci & Smetana, 1996).…”

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“…Parental restrictiveness is associated with a variety of negative outcomes, including general indices of school failure in the United States (Grolnick & Ryan, 1989) and in France (Aubret-Beny, 1981). With speci c regard to children's peer relations, parents' failure to promote children's autonomy has also been linked to lower acceptance of children by their peers and to maladaptive social behaviour (Bates, Pettit, Dodge, & Ridge, 1998;Peery, Jensen, & Adams, 1985). In an important observationa l study Putallaz (1987) found that parents who were demanding and controlling during the interactions, and who allowed their children to speak relatively little, had children who were less popular with school peers.…”

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“…The studies reviewed earlier provided a tentative basis for predicting the outcome. Based on the previous peer-relations research that has focused most specifically on the issue of autonomy (Peery et al, 1985;Putallaz, 1987, and the other studies reviewed), we hypothesized that parents who grant more autonomy to their children and who impose less structure on their children's home lives would have children with more stable friendships of higher quality than children from homes where more restrictive parenting is practiced.…”

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Parents' structuring of children's daily lives in relation to the quality and stability of children's friendships

Allès-Jardel

Fourdrinier²,

Roux³

et al. 2002

Int J Psychol

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This study focused on the implications of parents' structuring of their children's home lives for the friendships of their children. Participants were 224 elementary-school children (108 girls and 116 boys) from four grade levels in two schools in Aixen-Provence, France. Most of the families were of middle or high socio-economic status. The participating children were seen twice during the same school year in order to assess the stability of their friendship choices and the quality of their friendships. We used Lautrey's (1989) questionnaire in order to assess the parents' styles in the structuring of family life and related child-rearing practice. This questionnaire delineates three structuring styles: 1) rigid, characterized by considerable imposition of routines with little leeway for exceptional circumstances; 2) exible, in which established routines can be modi ed as circumstances dictate; and 3) laissez-faire, characterized by an absence of predictability and routine. We measured friendship quality by means of Friendship Quality Scale developed by Bukowski, Hoza, and Boivin (1989). This scale consists of 23 items representing ve dimensions: companionship, help, security, closeness and con ict. This tool was designed to elicit children's perceptions of a speci c relationship with a friend. Results indicated a signi cant link between parenting style and both of the dimensions of child friendship we studied. Children from homes characterized by a laissez-faire style of parenting have friendships with more positive features than children from homes with exible or rigid styles. We also found that friendships were generally less stable and rated as less positive than in similar studies conducted in other countries.Cette étude s'intéresse aux in uences du style de structuration de la vie familiale sur les relations af liatives des enfants. Notre échantillon était composé de 224 sujets (108 lles et 116 garçons) issus de deux écoles d'Aix-en-Provence (France) et de 4 niveaux de classe. Le statut socio-économique des familles était généralement moyen ou supérieur. Les enfants ont été rencontrés à deux reprises au cours de l'année scolaire a n d'étudier la stabilité du choix et de la qualité de la relation amicale. Pour cette recherche nous avons utilisé un questionnaire adapté de celui de Lautrey (1989) pour évaluer le style de structurations de la vie familiale et les pratiques éducatives parentales. Il permet de distinguer 3 styles de structuration : 1) rigide : caractérisé par des régularités importantes et laissant peu de place aux perturbations ; 2) souple : les perturbations et les régulations sont modulables selon les circonstances ; 3) faible : dans ce cas les pratiques sont aléatoires, imprévisibles. Pour étudier la qualité de l'amitié chez les enfants nous avons traduit et validé le questionnaire de Bukowski, Hoza, et Boivin. Cette échelle regroupe un ensemble de 23 questions réparties équitablement sur cinq dimensions (camaraderie, aide, sécurité, af nité et con it). Elle permet d'appréhender, par une aut...

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Fourdrinier²,

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“…From the results of questionnaire, rather than interactional, data, it appears that popular children feel more accepted by their parents than less popular children (Armentrout, 1972;Elkins, 1958) and that parents of popular children score higher on measures of selfesteem (Peery, Jensen, & Adams, 1985;Winder & Rau), have adjusted better to parenthood (Winder & Rau), are less aggressive and punitive (Winder & Rau), and use physical punishment and deprivation of privileges less and inductive reasoning more in child guidance (Kolvin et al, 1977) than parents of less popular children. In addition, parents of less-liked children report using praise less often with their children and do not as readily promote their children's independence (Peery et al, 1985) as do parents of more-liked children. Greenspan (1978), examining social competence rather than actual sociometric status, found that mothers of socially competent preschool children were more flexible in their childrearing approach than mothers of socially incompetent children.…”

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Parent-Child Conversation of More-Liked and Less-Liked Children

Austin

Lindauer

1990

The Journal of Genetic Psychology

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Four more-liked boys and four less-liked boys (M age = 58.13 months) were videotaped as they interacted separately in semi-structured activities with their own mother and father, the mother and father of a more-liked boy, and the mother and father of a less-liked boy. Parents of less-liked boys had more intensive interactions that were more controlling, directive, and intrusive than parents of more-liked boys. Parents of more-liked boys had extensive interactive patterns that made them better able to extend praise and encouragement to children not their own. Similarly, more-liked children seemed more sensitive than less-liked children to situational factors that occurred during interactions with parents not their own and were therefore better able to adjust their behavior to the expectations of the situation.

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Parents' child-rearing style and child's sociometric status.

Deković¹,

Janssens²

1992

Developmental Psychology

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This study examined relationships between parents' child-rearing style, the child's prosocial behavior, and the child's sociometric status. The sample consisted of 112 children (6-11 years of age) and both their parents. Parental behavior in the interaction with the child was observed at home when parents and child worked together in 2 structured tasks. Factor analyses of parental behavior revealed that 2 factors, Authoritative/Democratic and Authoritarian/Restrictive, can be found in the subsamples of mothers and fathers. These 2 dimensions of maternal and paternal behavior appeared to be predictive of both the child's prosocial behavior and sociometric status. Results are discussed in terms of the possible link between parent and peer systems.

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The Relationship Between Parents' Attitudes Toward Child Rearing and the Sociometric Status of Their Preschool Children

Cited by 13 publications

References 16 publications

Parents' structuring of children's daily lives in relation to the quality and stability of children's friendships

Parents' structuring of children's daily lives in relation to the quality and stability of children's friendships

Parent-Child Conversation of More-Liked and Less-Liked Children

Parents' child-rearing style and child's sociometric status.

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