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The University of Maine

Honors College

1960

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A Study Of The Attitudes Of Parents In Relation To The Behavior Of Their Children In Nursery School, Rose Marie Baron Jun 1960

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Parents In Relation To The Behavior Of Their Children In Nursery School, Rose Marie Baron

Honors College

The behavior of 13 children enrolled in the Psychology Department Nursery School was observed and recorded on a behavioral checklist in terms of social isolation, parallel play, cooperation, aggression, social contact with children, and social contact with adults. The Parental Attitude Research Instrument was administered to their parents which studied three factors: maternal/paternal control, maternal/paternal hostility, democratic attitudes toward child-rearing.