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Appalachian Mothers Values And Disciplinary Practices, Shirley Crouse

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to compare the values of a group of lower-class Appalachian mothers for their boys and for their girls. Punishment practices for boys and for girls were also compared. The child’s report of punishment was compared with the mother’s. It was hypothesized that there would be no difference between the boys’ mothers and the girls’ mothers in their choice of values for their children on a questionnaire using a list of values adopted from Kohn. It was also hypothesized that there would be no difference between the proportion of boys agreeing with their mothers and …