This study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between aspects of the parental relationship and the level of functioning of their children. The discrepancies between role perception and role expectation within the parental relationship were selected as the major focus of this study. The principal hypothesis stated that parents of high functioning children would demonstrate greater interpersonal role congruities than parents of low functioning children. Based upon previous research studies and parent ratings obtained from the Interpersonal Check List, 12 specific sub-hypotheses were stated.Subjects for this study were parents of children who had been evaluated by teachers on the Behavior Rating Form. The children were students in grades one through six at Burris School, Muncie, Indiana. Based upon ratings on the Behavior Rating Form and a specific selection criteria, the children were grouped to form low and high functioning groups. The parents of these children were then designated as either low or high group. Fifty-one parents comprised the low group and 55 parents made up the high group. Each set of parents was mailed and asked to complete the following materials: cover letter, Background Information Sheet, two Parent Check Lists (Interpersonal Check List), and a stamped return envelope. In completing the Interpersonal Check List each parent made four ratings: self as parent, spouse as parent, ideal mother, and ideal father. Mailed returns and follow-up yielded 67% usable returns in the low group and 65% usable returns in the high group.Various statistical analyses of the demographic variables of the two groups indicated that the only statistical difference was that the fathers in the high group had a higher educational level than fathers in the low group. The groups did not statistically differ for race, education of mothers, income, previous marriage, or number of children.DOM and LOV scores were derived from the Interpersonal Check List and absolute discrepancy values were computed for each set of parents according to the 12 specific sub-hypotheses. A one-way multiple analysis of variance was performed to test the principal hypothesis that the groups differed in vectors of means on the discrepancy measures. The principal hypothesis was not accepted and the specific sub-hypotheses were not interpreted.Based upon the design and statistical analysis it was concluded that parents of children with various levels of functioning, as measured by a classroom rating form, do not differ in reported role perceptions and expectations, as measured by the Interpersonal Check List.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/176905 |
| Date | January 1975 |
| Creators | House, Joseph Johnston |
| Contributors | Dimick, Kenneth M. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | v, 90 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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