Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The aim of the Master's thesis was to find out differences in parents' assessments of their child's upbringing, depending on the parents' and the child's gender, parents' educational level and age, marital status and language selection.The additional aim was to identify differences between parents' and grandparents' assessments of their child's and/or grandchild's upbringing.The study was conducted during the questionnaire survey, which was based on the preparation of Hinn (2009), McEachern et al. (2012); Aunola, & Nurmi (2004), Wilcox-Herzog, & Ward, (2004), Reitman et al. (2001) questionnaire.The data were analyzed using the factor analysis, which yielded six factors: caring (α = .71), positive behaviour (α = .83),punishing (α = .80),inconsistent punishing (α = .60),psychological control (α = .61),lack of supervision (α = .60).Analyzing the factors by the parents' assessments of their child upbringing behaviours, statistically significant differences were received.The research results are indicating that the positive behaviour is more often applied for girls while the punishing behaviour is applied for boys.The parents of secondary special education are indicating higher average estimates of both the positive behaviour as well as punishing the child and expressing psychological control behaviours.Besides, it has also become evident that the positive behaviour is higher estimated by married parents as well as by the Russian-speaking parents.The cohabiting parents as well as the Estonian-speaking parents have given higher estimation to the punishing behaviour.It was found that 25 to 35 years of age and unmarried parents rated more highly expressed in the punishment of the child's behavior, as compared to the higher age of parents and married parents rated more highly expressed in the punishment of the child's behavior, as compared to the higher age of the parents.In addition to the above differences in the child's upbringing it was found out that younger parents are tending to estimate the punishing behaviour higher.Besides, it has also become evident that the grandparents are -according to their own self-estimations -more caring and supporting than the child's parents who are tending to estimate the punishing behaviour higher.Keywords: parenting, parental upbringing behaviours,
Author: Tatjana Juhkam
Language: Estonian
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1913069113