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PRE-ADOLESCENTS' VIEWS OF SOME OF THEIR RELATIONS WITH THEIR PARENTS1

1957; Wiley; Volume: 28; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-8624.1957.tb04848.x

1467-8624

Glenn R. Hawkes, Lee G. Burchinal, Bruce L. Gardner,

Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Previous research has indicated that boys, in various ways, tend to be more critical or less satisfied with their home conditions and their relations with their parents than girls (2, 4, 11). There is also evidence to support the hypothesis that children feel closer to their mothers or tend to rate their relationships with their mothers in a more favorable manner than similar relationships with their fathers (2, 4, 8, 11, 12). Data were recently gathered which permitted retesting these two sets of findings. While the studies referred to above were conducted with urban children or young adults, the present investigation was based on a sample of rural and small-town children. These data are given in the present report in the form of children's responses to some of the items included in the Hawkes-Lewis scale (6). Detailed descriptions of the sample design and methodology used in this investigation have been described elsewhere (I, 7). It should be noted that the sample included 730 fifth grade children from Iowa, Ohio, Kansas, and Wisconsin.