Detail Family support programs and reduced aggression in elementary school children: Parental discipline style as a mediator Bibliografi Author: Graves, Barbara Jean ; Iscoe, Ira (Advisor) Topik: PSYCHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL|SOCIOLOGY; INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY STUDIES Bahasa: (EN )    ISBN: 0-591-52872-X     Penerbit: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN     Tahun Terbit: 1997     Jenis: Theses - Dissertation Fulltext: 9802884.pdf (0.0B; 9 download) Abstract Family support programs have been found to decrease aggression in the children who participate with their families. The reduced aggression outcomes have been documented in follow-up studies occurring up to 22 years after program termination, and include effects on subsequent juvenile delinquency and adult criminality. The programs that have yielded these long-term results were multiple-component programs that included both parent services and early child education services. This study extended the research in this area by examining a family support program that offers only direct parent services, and by investigating one possible mechanism involved in the reduced aggression outcomes, namely, improvements in the discipline styles of the program parents. The present study constituted a 2- to 7-year follow-up of a group of children whose families participated in a family support program from the birth to age 3 of their children. A comparison group consisted of the program children's classmates and their families. The 77 children who participated in the study attended kindergarten through third grade in public elementary schools, and ranged in age from 5 to 10 years. Forty-nine of the children were male, and 28 were female. Child aggression ratings were collected from the children's mother, father, and teachers: and parental discipline style data were collected from the children's mothers. Two study hypotheses were supported. First, one group of children whose families participated in the family support program, namely, non-White boys, were rated as being lower in aggression by their teachers. Second, parental discipline style was significantly related to the child aggression ratings. The results of the present study also confirmed previous research that has linked several demographic variables with an increased risk for child aggression. However, there were no significant differences in parental discipline between the program and comparison mothers. Therefore, the results indicate that improved parental discipline style may not be the primary mechanism through which the reduced aggression outcomes are achieved. More research is needed to explore other possible mechanisms through which the programs achieve these results, and to confirm the results of this study. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Lihat Sejarah Pengadaan  Konversi Metadata   Kembali

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