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Personality Characteristics Considered Important for Children by Parents

The primary research questions dealt with whether parents consider different personality characteristics of importance for boys and girls. Data were collected by conducting a telephone survey of a random sample of parents in the city of Denton with children under the age of eighteen living in the household. Respondents were asked whether they considered the personality characteristics of responsibility, strict obedience, being respectful of the opinions of others, showing good manners, being independent, and having loyalty to a religion not important, somewhat important, or very important for boys and girls. Of the respondents fifty-nine were fathers and one hundred and twenty-one were mothers. The analysis of the data revealed that mothers and fathers have similar attitudes concerning the importance of these personality characteristics.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500623
Date12 1900
CreatorsRomm, Mary E. {4} (Mary Elizabeth)
ContributorsSeward, Rudy Ray, Pillai, Vijayan K.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 53 leaves, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas - Denton County - Denton
RightsPublic, Romm, Mary E. {4} (Mary Elizabeth), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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