PARENTAL DISCIPLINE IN RELATION TO CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR OF KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN.
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Title
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PARENTAL DISCIPLINE IN RELATION TO CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR OF KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN.
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Identifier
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AAI8401963
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identifier
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8401963
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Creator
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WEISBROT (LIVNAY), JACK SHAUL.
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Contributor
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Harold Wilensky
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Date
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1983
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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Clinical work in kindergartens revealed two patterns of maladaptive behavior of children which seemed related to parental disciplinary patterns: disruptiveness and reticence.;30 children out of a graduating class of 280 kindergarten children were rated by teachers as revealing extreme disruptiveness (five boys, five girls), extreme reticence (five boys, five girls) or positive adjustment (five boys, five girls).;The 60 parents were asked to fill out a shortened version of the PARI, F Scale and responded individually and jointly to an eight situation Problem Situations Task involving interactions with children.;Three major hypotheses were formulated based upon Baumrind's (1966, 1971, 1975) investigations of parental control and competence in pre-school children. It was expected that parents of Adjusted children would rely upon an authoritative pattern of solutions in contrast to parents of Disruptive children who would be expected to rely upon authoritarian or permissive patterns; parents of reticent children were expected to rely upon an authoritarian pattern.;The results for the Adjusted group supported the hypothesis in that the parents revealed a primarily authoritative pattern which was clearly in contrast to the patterns of the other groups. The parents revealed interactions characterized by mutual support alongside respect for differences, which tended to be complementary.;The parents of Disruptive children manifested a pattern consisting of equal use of permissive and authoritative solutions, with fewer authoritarian solutions. The pattern, though not as expected, was clearly different from that of the Adjusted group.;The interaction between the parents was marked by competition and undercutting.;The parents of Reticent children revealed an almost identical pattern to that of the Disruptive group. A contrast was revealed in a consistent tendency to modify solutions in an authoritative direction upon exposure to the spouse. The interactions were marked by more acquiescence and acceptance. Both groups showed difficulties in dealing with aggression.;Parental attitudes and interactions accompanying manifestations of maladaptive and adaptive behavior in kindergarten were discussed.;Implications for research and clinical work with parents and teachers was discussed. Further use of the Problem Situations Task was suggested.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
