Presents 10 questions pertaining to the amount of control over television viewing in the home to 100 families. Preliminary evidence included indications that (1) viewing habits are affected by the number of sets in the house and (2) parents who frequently watch television exert greater influence over their children's use. (MER)

Describes a program to teach third, fourth, and fifth graders to understand and criticize television programs and commercials. Indicates that children's viewing habits can be predicted by family background and that parents are influential models for the amount of viewing and attitudes toward television. (JMF)

Presents a study of first-time voters and the relationship of interpersonal communication, particularly with fathers, and media exposure to their dispositions toward voting. Dispositions toward voting were indexed by items reflecting overall political interest, sense of political efficacy, concern about voting, and sense of voting efficacy. (JMF)

Analysis of the data suggested that fathers who are affectionate and child-centered and whose daughters identify with them are less likely to have daughters who use marijuana. Adolescent nonusers differed from users on a number of personality attributes reflecting conventionality and a cognitive style of receptivity to change. (Author/DB)

Little League baseball is a valuable experience for youngsters. It fosters team spirit and cooperation. Pressure by parents and coaches can take the fun out of the sport and make it an anxiety producing experience for the young player. (RJG)

Explored the influence of maternal sex-role attitudes on sex-role attitudes of freshman college students among pairs of mothers and daughters completing an attitudinal inventory. Results suggest maternal attitudes influence development of sex-role attitudes among daughters, but the effectiveness with which the mother transmits her attitudes is…

Reports a survey on South Australian parents' perceptions of their involvement in preschool education. (MP)

This study examined the relative impact of parent and peer reference groups on frequency of marijuana use in a nonrandom sample of university students. Ordinal type scales and tau-b provide a statistically strong degree of association between the type of reference group orientation and marijuana use. (Author/SJL)

An examination of relevant literature reveals that females are sex-role stereotyped as being more expressive than males. It was hypothesized that although females would be more expressive than males, this difference could be explained by two variables--perceived parental expressiveness and interpersonal orientation. (Author)

Examined the association of parental support and parental pressure with enjoyment, performance, self-esteem, and other characteristics of young tournament tennis players. Results indicate that parental support was significantly associated with enjoyment and with the importance players ascribed to their tennis game. Parental pressure failed to…

Examines the intergenerational transmission of gender role ideology and work role identity. Results, based on interviews of 246 mother-daughter pairs, show a positive relationship between mothers' gender role ideology in the 1950s and their daughters' gender role ideology as adults in 1988 -- social change increased mother-daughter congruence in…

Examined the link between the parent-adolescent relationship and the adolescent's relationship with peers. Administered a battery of questionnaires to 508 families to assess the quality of the parent-child relationship. Results suggest that a positive self-concept and warm supportive parenting each contribute unique variance to satisfactory peer…

Case studies of six black parents in Britain found that they have understanding of the educational process, the system, and parental rights, a form of cultural capital necessary for effective school relationships. However, dissonance between parents and the schools suggests underlying issues of race, such as schools' low expectations of black…