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Parental influence on political development among late adolescents
The relationship between parenting style and political socialization was examined in 258 college students with an average age of 19.6. Political socialization approaches along with Erik Erikson’s Eight Stages of Man comprised the theoretical framework in this study. Regression analysis was used to …
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Parental influence on mate selection: an exploratory study
The data gathered for this exploratory study of parental influence on mate selection supported the thesis that parents influence their childrens' mate selection. Fifty married university students were interviewed and fifty-five of their parents returned mailed questionnaires. Although students …
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Parental influence on the career choices of women: some cohort differences
… theory was used as the framework to investigate parental influences on the career choices of women. Parental modeling, reinforcement patterns, and attitudes were examined for their effect on the career choices of three groups of women: college age traditional, college age non-traditiona1, and …
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Adolescent Food Choice: Developing and Evaluating a Model of Parental Influence
… and parenting literatures to explore parental impact on adolescent food decision-making. Three specific types of parenting practices (expectation, monitoring, and inducement/enforcement behaviors), parenting style, and family communication style were investigated. A multi-method …
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An investigation of parental influence on the speech development of the child
<p>Relatively little material has been written about teaching a child to speak. That a child does learn to talk seems well supported by most authorities; and this is based upon experimental evidence. Just how a child can be taught to speak is not so widely discussed. Many writers have ignored this …
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Parental Influence on Academic Achievement: Undergraduate Students' Perspectives at a Virginia HBCU
Parental Influence on Academic Achievement: Undergraduate Students' Perspectives at a Virginia HBCU Bobby T. Shockley Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of undergraduate college students regarding the types of supports that their parents/guardians provided to …
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The Relationship Between Parental Influence and Christian Spiritual Practices Among Adventist youth in Puerto Rico
… were analyzed. The independent variables were parental influence factors that included parental marital status, income level, education, attitudes, behaviors, and religious practices. The dependent variables were devotional practices and church attendance practices. The control variables were …
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Parental Influence on Graduate School Aspirations among First Generation and Non-First Generation College Students Attending Highly Selective Institutions
… McDonough, 1997). Researchers operationalize parental influence as the transmission of various forms of capital (Bourdieu, 1977). The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between various forms of capital parents transmit to their children and graduate school …
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Inner City African American Girls' Learning Mathematics: Parental Influence And Classroom Experience As They Impact Mathematics Scores On The Act
… how parents (N=47), through their input at home, influence the mathematical performance of their daughters; how female African American students view their teachers' influence in their mathematical thinking; how critical is the mathematical classroom experience for African American girls; and can …
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INVESTIGATING THE ASSOCIATION OF PARENTAL INFLUENCE AND CHILDREN'S SCHOOL READINESS AND EARLY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: AN ANALYSIS USING EARLY CHILDHOOD LONGITUDINAL STUDY - KINDERGARTEN (ECLS-K)
… study was to examine the associations between parental and social factors, parents' academic belief systems and parenting practices, and its influence on children's school readiness and early academic achievement. Efforts to do so involved utilizing the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - …
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The Impact Of Self-Efficacy, Locus Of Control, And Perceived Parental Influence On The Academic Performance Of Low And High Achieving African-American High School Students
… self-efficacy, locus of control, and perceived parental influence on the academic achievement of African-American high school students from low socioeconomic levels. A nonexperimental, descriptive research study was used to collect the data needed to address the research questions posed for this …
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An exploration of college students' beliefs of parental influence on their character devlopment and of their own beliefs about the role their character plays in their academic achievement
… (1) What are college students’ beliefs about how parental role modeling influenced their character development? and (2) What are college students’ beliefs about the role their character played in their academic achievement? Data were collected from 10 undergraduate college students who met the …
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Attitudes toward old people and beliefs about aging: A generational study
… elderly, age, factual knowledge about aging, and parental influence on attitude formation. The results revealed that age, factual knowledge, perceived ageism in mass media and parental influence were significantly related to attitude toward the elderly.
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Attitudes toward old people and beliefs about aging: A generational study
… elderly, age, factual knowledge about aging, and parental influence on attitude formation. The results revealed that age, factual knowledge, perceived ageism in mass media and parental influence were significantly related to attitude toward the elderly.
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Parental influences on high school student achievement and goals
The present study examined parental influences on educational and career goals of high school students. Data on educational and career goals from the Perceived Life Chances Interview were derived from 124 rural adolescents. One hundred of their mothers and 36 of their fathers completed the …
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Parents, Peers, and Developmental Trajectories toward Crime.
<p>Across time, the influence of parents and peers appears to change. Early in life, parents have a stronger influence on the development of youth than do their peers. This, however, will change as an individual ages. Using longitudinal data from the Marion County (Oregon) Youth Survey (1964-1979), …
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Paternal child-feeding attitudes in relationship to the obese or lean status of their elementary school age son
… children is based upon a variety of variables. Parental influence on children's eating habits and socioeconomic variables, which influence parents, appeared to be possible factors in the development of childhood obesity.
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