Semester
Fall
Date of Graduation
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
College
College of Education and Human Services
Department
Learning Sciences and Human Development
Committee Chair
Barbara G. Warash.
Committee Co-Chair
Carol Markstrom
Committee Member
Amy Kennedy Root
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
McCracken, Judi, "University students' perceptions of their parents' childrearing styles associated with their inclinations to become parents" (2008). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 685.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/685