The purposes of this study were to determine whether there is: (1) a difference between the intellectual and social competence of young children and the levels of communicative behavior of their mothers with caregivers, (2) a relationship between the intellectual and social competence of young children and the attitudes of their mothers toward communication with caregivers, and (3) a relationship between the attitude scores of mothers toward communication with caregivers and the mothers' communicative behavior with caregivers. The subjects were 47 full-time day care children who were 2 years 8 months to 4 years 0 months and their mothers. The children had been enrolled for less than six weeks in day care. / To test the hypotheses, four instruments were used. The Parent Attitude Toward Caregiver Communication was completed by the parents to measure attitudes toward communication with the caregiver. The Parent Participatory Communication Checklist was completed by the caregivers to measure frequency of communication of mothers with the caregiver. The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities was administered to test intellectual competence. The Harvard Preschool Project's Social Competence Checklist was given to measure social competence. / Findings indicate a significant difference between the intellectual and social competence scores of young children and the levels of communicative behavior of their mothers with caregivers. There was a significant relationship between the: (1) communicative attitude scores of the mothers and the intellectual and social competence scores of their children, and (2) communicative attitude scores of the mothers and the communicative behavior of the mothers. / For this sample, it was found that as children scored higher on intellectual and social tests, their mothers made increased efforts to become knowledgeable consumers of day care service for their children. The results suggest that the mother-caregiver interaction is highly attitudinal. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-11, Section: A, page: 4712. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74700 |
| Contributors | POLLMAN, MARY JO., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 128 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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