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Perrez, Meinrad; Chervet, Claudine – 1986
Results of a pilot study on the role of the family in the development of locus of control convictions and causal attribution tendencies are presented. Six mother-child dyads were observed in their natural surroundings. Mothers' verbal responses to their daughters' behavior were recorded and analyzed for content. Results showed (1) that causal…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Children, Daughters, Family Environment
Peer reviewedBugental, D. B.; Shennum, W. A. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1984
Uses a synthetic family strategy to demonstrate the operation of caregiving transactions with children judged either "difficult" or "easy." A total of 96 elementay-age boys were paired with unrelated mothers for videotaped interactions. Results focused on socially competent child behavior patterns. (CI)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attribution Theory, Behavior Change, Beliefs
