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A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF LAX VERSUS STRICT HOME TRAINING.
- Source :
- Journal of Social Psychology; Feb1934, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p102-105, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 1934
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Abstract
- The article presents a study that compares the effects of lax and strict home training. For this study 230 graduate students in education voluntarily filled out elaborate self-description blanks. They were asked some 200 questions which could be answered with Yes or No. A check on the frankness of answer may be made from 16 items in which more or less shameful acknowledgments were required. In general, 90% admitted having told lies, 95% confessed to having been irritated by their parents, 75% were at times reluctant to go to school, 50% had cheated on examinations, 50% had thoughts of suicide, 25% had childhood sex experiences and about the same proportion had such experiences at adolescence. The combative attitudes developed in relation to parents were apparently carried out into other relationships. As a consequence of the hatred of parents, the combativeness, and the dependence, the group from strict homes was much more apt to be socially maladjusted than were those from lax homes. A general characteristic of the strict-home group was their tendency to guilt, worry and anxiety.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224545
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Social Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16872145
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1934.9921588