Examined family and religious variables that affect transmission of religious values from parents to early adolescent sons. Responses from 68 Protestant mother-father-son triads showed that mothers mostly influenced sons' practical application of religion, while fathers influenced sons' church attendance. Mothers and fathers functioned differently…

This study determines that high self-acceptance by adoptive parents influences high parental acceptance of adopted children. (BB)

Focuses on extent to which parents influence their children toward the development of nonstereotyped behaviors. Explores theories of and empirical research on sex-role and life-span development. Distinguishes between short-term and long-term effects of nonsexist parental behavior. Although androgynous parents may not produce androgynous children,…

Examines the influence of parental status characteristics on status aspirations of young adults (N=738) who completed questionnaires. Results showed that objective status characteristics are less important than the youths' own subjective definitions of status of parents and that mothers' characteristics are more important than those of fathers.…

Presents data from a longitudinal study, based on a sample of 632 Aberdeen school children (ages 11-16), on the development of peer and parental influences during adolescence. Reports that parental influence substantially diminished, but it was not replaced by peer influence: deference to parents remained strong over time. (KH)

Establishes a rationale for parents' and teachers' intervention in children's television viewing. Provides strategies for both home and school. (BJD)

A study of 119 middle-class father-son pairs revealed that fathers' beliefs and expectations (which were found to be unexpectedly traditional in nature) clearly influenced their sons'. (KH)

Examined Holland personality types in a case study of three generations of one family (N=15) and eight significant others. Using the Compatibility Index, parental influence on development of males was demonstrated. There was general evidence of similarity of Holland types between parents and children. (JAC)

Examined the influence of mothers' sexual experiences as teenagers on their teenage children's current sexual behaviors (N=495). Results suggested little of the demonstrated relationship is transmitted through the differential attitudes or communication patterns of mothers with differing early sexual experience. (JAC)

Examination of linguistic and cognitive skills of 59 deaf students (7-15 years old) revealed that Ss whose parents consistently signed to them showed greater syntactic comprehension and more advanced operational skills than students whose parents signed less consistently. (Author/CL)

This paper examines risk factors that exist in the lives of incarcerated parents and their children, focusing on the living arrangements of the children. It uses data from the 1997 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities to address three issues: risk factors present in the lives of incarcerated parents and their children,…

The relationship between various combinations of perceived paternal nurturance-availability and college males' personality adjustment was investigated. High paternal nurturance combined with at least moderate paternal availability and high paternal availability combined with at least moderate paternal nurturance were related to high scores on the…

This project investigated patterns of IQ change in normal, middle class children between ages 2 1/2 to 17 in a longitudinal study. The children changed an average of 28.5 IQ points during the course of the study. Parental influences and general environmental circumstances were seen as influential variables shaping a child's intellectual growth.…

The evidence suggests that adolescents have only slightly more responsibility for household chores when the mother is employed, and that their degree of participation in social activities does not differ consistently from respondents whose mothers are not employed. (Author)

This study estimated the effect of education on the consumption patterns of urban families. (Author)