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Parenting Styles Of Division I Men And Women Hockey Players In The Wcha, Jeffrey Giesen Dec 2009

Parenting Styles Of Division I Men And Women Hockey Players In The Wcha, Jeffrey Giesen

Culminating Projects in Kinesiology

The purpose of this study was to identify the perceived parenting styles of athletes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). Four parenting styles were identified in previous studies, authoritarian, authoritative, permissive and neglecting.

Fifteen teams and over 250 athletes were surveyed. Permission was obtained from the head coach of each of the men's and women's team. The survey was sent to a full time staff person for each team that the researcher had contacted to assure the surveys would be completed. The survey was given during each team's spring training and then returned in a pre-paid envelop.

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