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The Father Role As Seen By A Group Of College Student Fathers, Devona Alice Dean Luke
The Father Role As Seen By A Group Of College Student Fathers, Devona Alice Dean Luke
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Some literature implies the modern father has abdicated his place as head of the family, but little research has been done to examine the role of the father in the modern American family.
Intensive interviews of 18 college student men who each had at least two children showed that these men are very much concerned with fatherhood and participate actively in the rearing of their children. They feel the father has at least as much responsibility for the rearing of their children as the mother, possibly more. They are involved more in some dimensions of parenthood than others. Those fathers …
Comparison Of Attitudes Of Mothers And Fathers Toward Nursery School Education, Pamela Meals
Comparison Of Attitudes Of Mothers And Fathers Toward Nursery School Education, Pamela Meals
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Attitudes of middle class mothers and fathers toward nursery school education were measured and compared. The subjects were parents of children who attended the Utah State University nursery school. A scale was developed to test parental attitudes. Attitudes toward nursery school education were definitely favorable. Comparison of attitudes expressed by mothers with those expressed by fathers revealed significant differences between the two groups, when the total number of responses of all scale items were considered together.
The total scale included 48 items comprising three subscales, which tested the following parental attitudes toward nursery school education: attitudes concerning a child's independence …