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Direct linkFreed, Rachel D.; Tompson, Martha C. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
Parental locus of control refers to parents' perceived power and efficacy in child-rearing situations. This study explored parental locus of control and its correlates in 160 mothers of children ages 8 to 14 cross-sectionally and 1 year later. Maternal depression, maternal expressed emotion, and child internalizing and externalizing behavior were…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mothers, Income, Depression (Psychology)
Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, Steven D.; Micklin, Michael – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1983
Hypothesized that a too early first birth has negative psychological consequences for the mother through a lowered sense of personal efficacy. Results indicated that having a first birth before age 19 reduces personal efficacy, regardless of original differences in personal efficacy, age, education, or parental socioeconomic status. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Age Differences, Birth, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedRimmerman, Arie; Stanger, Varda – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1992
This study of 60 mothers of young children with physical disabilities in Israel failed to support hypothesis that mothers with "internally" focused locus of control would demonstrate greater utilization of their support system. Analysis indicated that mother's age, child's level of functioning, and existence of additional members of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Coping, Family Problems, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHelm, James M.; And Others – Family Relations, 1990
Examined maternal involvement of adolescent and adult mothers with handicapped and at-risk preschool children. Adolescent mothers of handicapped and at-risk children were rated as significantly less contingent and verbal, and provided less positive affective climate than did adult mothers. Perceived social support and locus of control were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, At Risk Persons
Download full textJohnson, Emily – 1989
This study examined teaching interactions of single adolescent and young adult mothers during a structured teaching task with their infants. A total of 25 adolescent and 25 adult single mothers were videotaped during 4-minute teaching sessions with their 4-month-old infants in their homes. Investigators rated maternal teaching strategies and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Beliefs
Cogan, Leland S.; Oka, Evelyn R. – 1992
The developmental pattern in the relationships among mothers' beliefs about structure, autonomy, control, and intelligence was studied, addressing: (1) how mothers' scaffolding beliefs and conceptions of intelligence are related; (2) the relationship of these maternal beliefs to children's age and achievement; and (3) the relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Beliefs, Child Development
PDF pending restorationNelson, Jo Ann N.; Simmerer, Norma J. – 1983
This report summarizes three related studies of 3- to 5-year-old children's temperament and its relationship to their social competence, ability to solve interpersonal problems, locus of control, parent behavior and teacher/child interactions. Fifty-eight children, predominantly middle class participants in a laboratory preschool, and their…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Fathers, Individual Differences
