The purpose of this study was to seek researched responses to parental questions about the influence of Family Life education courses on family value systems. A comparison study was made between three classes of high school students. A treatment group (Human Relationships) received specific training in communication skills, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills. Two control groups (Gourmet Foods and Chemistry) followed subject course outlines.
The results of independent one-way analysis of variance tests indicated significant differences on the pretest of value rankings between groups. When t tests were used to compare Human Relationships and one control group (Chemistry) they suggested that students who chose to participate in a Human Relationship course of study brought with them a set of values different than those who did not select such a course.
Although this was only a formative study it would seem to support the current theory that high school students are responsive to and reflective of their family value system. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/88593 |
| Date | January 1984 |
| Creators | Wilson, Marilyn Joy |
| Contributors | Family and Child Development |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | iv, 54 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 11173982 |
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