This study examined family functioning and locus of control in home-school families as compared to families in the traditional educational settings of public and private elementary schools. It was a partly-randomized, quasi experimental design with one experimental group (Home-school) and two control groups (Public and Private school). The purpose of the study was to compare home-school families versus public and private school families across the dimensions of family functioning, and locus of control. A minimum of thirty families from each group were randomly surveyed. / The dependent variables consisted of the seven sub-scales of the Family Assessment Device (FAD) (problem solving, roles, affective response, affective involvement, behavior control, communication, and general functioning) cohesion and adaptability (of FACES III) and locus of control (Rotter's scale). The types of educational setting (home-school, private, or public school) served as the independent variables. Multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA) procedure was used to analyze the dependent variables among the three family samples. / The home-school group was found to be significantly different from at least one of the control groups on all hypotheses tested. All sample groups were considered to be healthily functioning families. The home-school group most closely resembled the public school group with regards to the hypotheses. It was speculated that the effectiveness with which the home-school families functioned resulted from a systemic adaptation made in response to the added instrumental task of education placed upon the family. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-11, Section: B, page: 6071. / Major Professor: Calvin Zongker. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76549 |
| Contributors | Simpson, Robert C., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 199 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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