University students' perceptions of their parents' childrearing styles associated with their inclinations to become parents

Researchers have associated Diane Baumrind's parenting styles (Baumrind, 1967; Baumrind, 1966; Baumrind, 1968; Baumrind, 1971) with countless outcomes among children, adolescents, and adults. However, few, if any, have investigated an age group's perceptions of their childrearing compared with their inclination to become parents. This study examined 67 West Virginia University students' responses to the Adapted Parenting Attribute Questionnaire (APAQ) completed by Child Development and Family Studies majors in 2007. The purpose was to determine patterns of perceptions in guardians' parenting styles, then compare the participants' inclinations to become parents and their rankings of importance (low, medium, or high; low and high) in becoming parents. After the scores of parenting styles were separated and calculated using SPSS, the six subscales of like parenting styles correlated significantly and positively. However, no significance was found between the perception of parenting styles and the ranking in importance of becoming parents.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Learning Sciences and Human Development

Year dc:date.available

2008

Author dc:creator

• McCracken, Judi

Contributors dc:contributor

• Barbara G. Warash.
• Carol Markstrom
• Amy Kennedy Root

• Educational psychology
• Higher education
• Individual & family studies

Identifier

https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/685

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:researchrepository.wvu.edu:etd-1688