The purpose of the study was to determine if there was a difference in parental perceptions of four-year-old children who have been cared for in home care or day care, and in child-rearing practices of parents who enrolled their children in day care or cared for them at home. / The 51 children were 46-60 months old and came from intact, middle-class, Caucasian families. The day care children were enrolled in commercial day care centers. The Perception of Parents interview schedule and the Child-Rearing Practices Questionnaire were used to gather the data. / "Mother" was the parent who was nicer, kissed, tucked children in bed, and cared for sick children. "Father" was the parent who yelled, punished, was smarter, and was the object of child's anger. Day care daughters named "mother" as the parent who gave ice cream cones, and to whom the child would go for help more often than home care daughters. Day care sons named "father" as the parent who played outside with the child more often than home care sons. / Daughters of employed mothers stated that "mother" was smarter, played outside with the child, and gave ice cream cones more often than daughters with nonemployed mothers. Sons of employed mothers gave "father" as the parent who played outside with the child more often than sons of nonemployed mothers. / Fathers of home care sons used fewer behavioral rules than fathers of day care sons. Fathers of home care daughters used more rewards with children than fathers of day care daughters. Fathers of day care children preferred schoolage children over younger children more often than fathers of home care children. / Fathers of sons with employed mothers used fewer behavioral rules than fathers of sons with employed mothers. Fathers of daughters with nonemployed mothers rewarded children more often than fathers of daughters with employed mothers. Fathers of children with employed mothers preferred schoolage children over younger children more often than fathers of children with nonemployed mothers. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-10, Section: A, page: 4287. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74629 |
| Contributors | STEVENS, ANN MARIE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 144 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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