Naslov
The relationship between mothers' attitudes toward child rearing and the sociometric status of their preschool children

Autori
Selak Bagarić, Ella ; Raboteg-Šarić, Zora

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
4th ENSEC Conference - Social and Emotional Competence in a Changing World. Conference book. / Miljević-Riđički, Renata ; Evans, Kathy - Zagreb : Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2013, 94-94

Skup
4th ENSEC Conference

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 03.07.2013. - 07.07.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
child-rearing attitudes; sociometric status; preschool chidren

Sažetak
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between sociometric indicators of preschool children's social status in the peer group and their mothers' attitudes toward child-rearing. The study was conducted on a sample of 152 children in kindergartens, 86 girls and 66 boys, and 152 mothers. The Sociometric Peer-Rating Scale – SPRS (Asher, 1979) was applied in the sample of children to determine their sociometric status, while mothers completed The PAD Parental Attitudes Scales (Falender and Mehrabian, 1980) that, according to the PAD model of emotions, measure pleasure (P), arousal (A) and dominance (D) in the relationship between parents and children. The Arousal scale proved to be inadequate for measuring maternal child-rearing attitudes, while scales that measure pleasure and dominance were retained in the adapted version of this instrument. Girls and boys did not differ with regard to their social status in the peer group, and younger children were more accepted among peers than older ones. The sociometric status of children did not differ with regard to their family's structure or mothers' education. Children of working mothers were more accepted among their peers than children of unemployed mothers. Maternal child-rearing attitudes did not differ significantly with regard to the seks of the child. Mothers of younger children were more permissive, and their children expressed greater dominance in the family. Greater dominance of the child was also correlated with fewer siblings in the family. Sociometric indices that indicate the acceptance of children in their peer group were not significantly related to maternal child-rearing attitudes. In addition, differences between popular, rejected, isolated and controversial children according to their mothers' child-rearing attitudes were not statistically significant.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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