Gary W Peterson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 77794 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gary W Peterson |
| NOMBRES | Gary W |
| APELLIDO | Peterson |
| FIRMA | PETERSON G W |
| AFILIACIONES | Arizona State University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 48 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 182 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1981 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Reaching Further Into a Theory of Career Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
This work presents an advancement in a theory of career problem-solving and decision-making, namely, Cognitive Information Processing (CIP). New conceptualizations of the Pyramid of Information Processing domains and CASVE Cycle are defined and discussed. Developmental aspects, internal aspects and external presses of the career decision context, and the role of self-regulated learning are presented with implications for career counseling in fost…
Parenting Behaviors, Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, and Problem Behavior
Cross-sectional data from 589 Chinese adolescents were used to investigate whether parenting behaviors are directly or indirectly (through self-esteem and school adjustment difficulties) associated with adolescent depressive symptoms and problem behavior. Structural equation modeling results showed that school adjustment difficulties fully mediated the relations between two parenting behaviors (parental punitiveness and paternal monitoring) and a…
Chinese Parenting Behaviors, Adolescent School Adjustment, and Problem Behavior
The present research examined the relationship between supportive and controlling dimensions of parenting behaviors and Chinese adolescent outcomes (school adjustment and problem behavior). Researchers collected self-report data from 589 adolescents in Hangzhou, China. Results showed the factor structure for the Parent Behavior Measure in the Chinese sample was different from the factor structure based on Western research. Specifically, paternal …
Handbook of Marriage and the Family
A methodological approach for working with families in suas
The paper reviews the current National Policy of Social Welfare in Brazil and the work developed with families within the Brazilian social protection approach. It describes the Unified System of Social Welfare and explores the relationship of the Basic Social Protection to the Bolsa Família Program, the Brazilian program of conditional cash transfer to vulnerable families. It discusses the principles of the methodology for working with vulnerable…
Factor Structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
This study evaluated the factor structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) with a diverse sample of 1,248 European American, Latino, Armenian, and Iranian adolescents. Adolescents completed the 10-item RSES during school as part of a larger study on parental influences and academic outcomes. Findings suggested that method effects in the RSES are more strongly associated with negatively worded items across three diverse groups but also mo…
Handbook of Marriage and the Family
The third edition of Handbook of Marriage and the Family describes, analyzes, synthesizes, and critiques the current research and theory about family relationships, family structural variations, and the role of families in society. This updated Handbook provides the most comprehensive state-of-the art assessment of the existing knowledge of family life, with particular attention to variations due to gender, socioeconomic, race, ethnic, cultural, …
Assessing the Cross-Cultural Validity of a Parental Autonomy Granting Measure
This study investigates the cross-cultural validity of a 10-item parental autonomy granting measure with samples of adolescents from the United States, China, Mexico, and India. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis suggested a moderately high degree of cross-cultural equivalence, particularly for the United States and China. Invariance in item loadings was found across samples, with the exception of items assessing freedom regarding career cho…
Who Is More Important for Early Adolescents' Developmental Choices
This study examined whether early adolescents identified parents or peers as sources of intimacy and influence for developmental choices having both long-and short-term consequences. Short-term choices were adolescents' daily lifestyle preferences for clothing, music, and hairstyles that are important for peer identification, whereas, long-term choices were preferences having more distant consequences in the lives of early adolescents consisting …
Persisting Issues in Cultural and Cross-Cultural Parent-Youth Relations
(2005). Persisting Issues in Cultural and Cross-Cultural Parent-Youth Relations. Marriage & Family Review: Vol. 36, No. 3-4, pp. 229-240
General Editors' Comments
Parent-Youth Relationships and the Self-Esteem of Chinese Adolescents
This study sought to determine how several child-rearing behaviors within the Chinese parent-adolescent relationship were predictive of youthful self-esteem through either collectivistic or individualistic socialization approaches. Theoretically based relationships were tested with structural equation modeling to examine whether dimensions of parental behavior (i.e., support, reasoning, monitoring, and punitiveness) influenced the self-esteem of …
Introduction
A Comparison Study of the Paper-and-Pencil, Personal Computer, and Internet Versions of Holland’s Self-Directed Search
The authors examined the extent to which the Realistic. Investigative, Artistic, Social. Enterprising, and Conventional scales and 3-point codes of the Self-Directed Search may be considered statistically and practically equivalent across 3 different modes of administration: paper-and-pencil, personal computer, and Internet. Student preferences for the respective versions were also examined
Marriage & Family Review Editors' Comment
The Balance Between Tradition and Heritage and Contemporary Demands
Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Parent-Youth Relations
The primary topic addressed in this paper is 'how cultures and parent-youth relationships are interdependent.' An initial objective is to describe what is meant by a cultural and cross-cultural perspective on parent-youth relationships. Subsequently, the nature and connections between the concepts 'socialization' and 'culture' are explored as they apply to parent-youth relations. Finally, the benefits of a cultural and cross-cultural perspective …
Trying to Make Sense of Self
Key Words: Autobiographyparental behaviorparental influenceadolescent social competenceparent-child relationshipsparent-adolescent relationships
Intersections
Independent Spirits
A Word from the Journal Editors
Adolescents' Perceptions of Parental Behaviors as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Esteem in Mainland China
Parents' child-rearing behaviors have been identified as major sources of influence on the self-esteem of adolescents from Western societies and Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. The pattern of relationships found in samples of Hong Kong adolescents has been similar to the pattern found among samples of U.S. adolescents, but contrary to what might be expected in collectivistic societies such as mainland China. The purpose of this study, therefore…
Acculturation and Family Functioning Are Related to Health Risks Among Pregnant Mexican American Women
The authors examined the independent and interactive effects of acculturation status and family cohesiveness on a series of psychosocial and medical risk factors of pregnancy among 500 women of Mexican origin. In general, both higher and lower levels of acculturation produced positive or negative psychosocial and healthcare consequences, and the operative relationships depended heavily on the particular outcome chosen. Higher levels of family coh…
Crossing Boundaries
Overcoming Obstacles-Challenges to Life and Scholarship
Cet article fait part de temoignages de chercheurs qui furent a un moment donne de leur existence frappes par de graves epreuves. Ces autobiographies nous montrent que le fait de devoir surmonter maladie, deuil, guerre, peut amener a surpasser sa douleur, et aller de l'avant, en conciliant destin personnel et domaine d'etudes. Par ailleurs, un hommage est rendu a Bernard Farber
Adolescents' Perceptions of Parental Behaviors as Predictors of Adolescent Self-Esteem in Mainland China
Parents' child-rearing behaviors have been identified as major sources of influence on the self-esteem of adolescents from Western societies and Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. The pattern of relationships found in samples of Hong Kong adolescents has been similar to the pattern found among samples of U.S. adolescents, but contrary to what might be expected in collectivistic societies such as mainland China. The purpose of this study, therefore…
Predicting Spanking of Younger and Older Children by Mothers and Fathers
RANDAL D. DAY Washington State University GARY W. PETERSON Arizona State University* COLEEN McCRACKEN Washington State University** We examine parents' characteristics that influence the incidence of spanking as a discipline strategy in younger and older children. Data were analyzed from the National Survey of Families and Households. We found that different combinations of blocks of predictor variables influenced spanking in eight subsamples. Be…
Predicting Adolescent Autonomy from Parents
This study examined the extent to which adolescents'behavioral autonomy was predicted by several aspects of the parent-youth relationship that are encompassed by the general constructs connectedness and restrictiveness. Both of these general relationship constructs are composed of more specific social-psychological predictors consisting of parental behaviors, parent-adolescent authority dimensions, and indicators of family ties. A total of 657 ad…
Factor Structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
This study evaluated the factor structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) with a diverse sample of 1,248 European American, Latino, Armenian, and Iranian adolescents. Adolescents completed the 10-item RSES during school as part of a larger study on parental influences and academic outcomes. Findings suggested that method effects in the RSES are more strongly associated with negatively worded items across three diverse groups but also mo…
Parental Influence and Adolescent Conformity
An important aspect of the socialization process is the contribution that parents make to the development of social cooperation by youth (Baumrind, 1978; Hogan et al., 1978; Smith, forthcoming; Thomas et al., 1974). Effective interpersonal interaction within families and other group relationships require that youth develop a moderate degree of interdependence or conformity to the expectations of important social agents (e.g.,parents; Gurkheim, 19…
Parental Power Bases and Processes as Predictors of Adolescent Conformity
The purpose of this study was to examine how dimensions of parental power bases and processes predicted adolescent conformity to parental expectations. Questionnaire data were collected from a stratified random sample of 368 adolescents. Multiple regression was the statistical test used to analyze the data. Results from this study indicated that several dimensions of parental power bases and processes were significant predictors of adolescent con…
Assessing the Cross-Cultural Validity of a Parental Autonomy Granting Measure
This study investigates the cross-cultural validity of a 10-item parental autonomy granting measure with samples of adolescents from the United States, China, Mexico, and India. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis suggested a moderately high degree of cross-cultural equivalence, particularly for the United States and China. Invariance in item loadings was found across samples, with the exception of items assessing freedom regarding career cho…
Parent-Youth Relationships and the Self-Esteem of Chinese Adolescents
This study sought to determine how several child-rearing behaviors within the Chinese parent-adolescent relationship were predictive of youthful self-esteem through either collectivistic or individualistic socialization approaches. Theoretically based relationships were tested with structural equation modeling to examine whether dimensions of parental behavior (i.e., support, reasoning, monitoring, and punitiveness) influenced the self-esteem of …
Parenting Behaviors, Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, and Problem Behavior
Cross-sectional data from 589 Chinese adolescents were used to investigate whether parenting behaviors are directly or indirectly (through self-esteem and school adjustment difficulties) associated with adolescent depressive symptoms and problem behavior. Structural equation modeling results showed that school adjustment difficulties fully mediated the relations between two parenting behaviors (parental punitiveness and paternal monitoring) and a…
Parent-Youth Power Dimensions and the Behavioral Autonomy of Adolescents
The purpose of this study was to determine: (a) whether adolescents were perceived by parents as having power, and (b) whether dimensions of adolescent and parental power predicted teenagers' behavioral autonomy. Ouestionnaire data were collected from a sample of 392 adolescents and their parents. Factor analysis and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that adolescents were perceived by their parents as having…
Adolescent Social Competence and Parental Satisfaction
This study investigated the relation of parents'perceptions of adolescent social competence to mothers' and to fathers'parental satisfaction. Using a symbolic interactionist approach, it was hypothesized that dimensions of perceived adolescent competence in role relationships with mothers andfathers would be predictors ofparental satisfaction. A total of 385 mothers and 343 fathers responded to self-report questionnaires. Results of the fathers' …
Social Placement of Adolescents
In a simulation game designed for families to plan adolescents' career goals, 183 families were studied for evidence that traditional sex-role attitudes were reflected in family decisions regarding the career goals of teenagers. Special attention was focused upon 96 of these families, each having both a male and female adolescent. Results indicated that family decisions favored the career goals of adolescent males over adolescent females by a 4 t…
Who Is More Important for Early Adolescents' Developmental Choices
This study examined whether early adolescents identified parents or peers as sources of intimacy and influence for developmental choices having both long-and short-term consequences. Short-term choices were adolescents' daily lifestyle preferences for clothing, music, and hairstyles that are important for peer identification, whereas, long-term choices were preferences having more distant consequences in the lives of early adolescents consisting …
The Process of Educational and Occupational Attainment of Adolescent Females from Low-Income, Rural Families
The AA. examine the educational and occupational attainment of young women from low-income, Appalachian families who resided in rural areas. Data from a 10-year longitudinal study from 3 southeastern states were examined. Path analysis was used to test relative contribution of family-of-origine, family life-cycle, and social psychological variables as predictors of young women's status attainment. The variables unique to women's attainment (i.e. …
Role Transitions and Role Identities during Adolescence
The purpose of this paper was to use symbolic interactionist concepts to conceptualize selected issues from the scholarship on pubertal change, parent-youth relationships, peer associations, sexuality, part-time work, and school involvements during adolescence. Based on this examination, the possibility was raised that role involvements and the timing of specific role transitions for the young may influence the extent to which adolescence becomes…
Doctoral Comprehensive Examinations in One Program
Most doctoral programs in counseling require a preliminary or written comprehensive examination. The literature in professional journals concerning the composition, administration, scoring and evaluation of such examinations is scant. This article presents a description of how one doctoral program conducted such examinations for 25 students over a 3-year period. Interjudge reliabilities are reported. The examinations describedwere conducted with …
Adolescents' Construction of Social Reality
The Renewed Importance of Studying Parent-Adolescent Relations
Chinese Parenting Behaviors, Adolescent School Adjustment, and Problem Behavior
The present research examined the relationship between supportive and controlling dimensions of parenting behaviors and Chinese adolescent outcomes (school adjustment and problem behavior). Researchers collected self-report data from 589 adolescents in Hangzhou, China. Results showed the factor structure for the Parent Behavior Measure in the Chinese sample was different from the factor structure based on Western research. Specifically, paternal …
A methodological approach for working with families in suas
The paper reviews the current National Policy of Social Welfare in Brazil and the work developed with families within the Brazilian social protection approach. It describes the Unified System of Social Welfare and explores the relationship of the Basic Social Protection to the Bolsa Família Program, the Brazilian program of conditional cash transfer to vulnerable families. It discusses the principles of the methodology for working with vulnerable…
Acculturation and Risk Behavior among Pregnant Mexican American Females
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretical model designed to predict risk behavior (i.e., cigarette and/or alcohol use) in a sample of Mexican American females who were pregnant and ranged in age from adolescence to early adulthood. The model consisted of six hypothesized predictors-acculturation status, intergenerational family conflict, acculturative stress, educational attainment, household income, and age of respondent, which were pr…
The Need for Common Principles in Prevention Programs for Children, Adolescents, and Families
This article provides a critique of the proposed Development-In-Context Evaluation (DICE) model as a prevention approachfor children, adolescents, andfamilies who are at risk. An analysis of the model's theoretical basis, referred to as developmental contextualism, is provided and the proposed prevention strategy's strengths and weaknesses are assessed. Although the DICE model offers a comprehensive approach to prevention and has many positive as…
Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Parent-Youth Relations
The primary topic addressed in this paper is 'how cultures and parent-youth relationships are interdependent.' An initial objective is to describe what is meant by a cultural and cross-cultural perspective on parent-youth relationships. Subsequently, the nature and connections between the concepts 'socialization' and 'culture' are explored as they apply to parent-youth relations. Finally, the benefits of a cultural and cross-cultural perspective …
The Diversity of Fatherhood
The articles in this volume seek to examine the many faces of fatherhood. As we edited this very informative collection, the message conveyed very clearly is that fatherhood is no simple phenomenon, but a complex tapestry of many things. Contemporary fatherhood is both diverse in its manifestations and subject to contradictory qualities, forces, and trends. Acquiring an accurate view of contemporary fatherhood is not possible without images of co…
The Socialization Values of Low-Income Appalachian White and Rural Black Mothers
The purpose of this study was to examine the socialization values of low-income white mothers from rural areas of southern Appalachia and lowincome black mothers from rural areas of the southeastern United States. A sample of 579 white mothers and 480 black mothers was interviewed and responded to a 16-item measure of parental values. The parental value choices of these two groups were compared with each other and with the parental value choices …
Performance-Based Education
Additional informationNotes on contributorsGary W. PetersonGary W. Peterson is associate professor, and Robert G. Stakenas is professor, Learning Systems Institute and College of Education, Florida State University.Robert G. StakenasGary W. Peterson is associate professor, and Robert G. Stakenas is professor, Learning Systems Institute and College of Education, Florida State University
Social Placement of Adolescents
In a simulation game designed for families to plan adolescents' career goals, 183 families were studied for evidence that traditional sex-role attitudes were reflected in family decisions regarding the career goals of teenagers. Special attention was focused upon 96 of these families, each having both a male and female adolescent. Results indicated that family decisions favored the career goals of adolescent males over adolescent females by a 4 t…
Children's Self-Esteem and Maternal Behavior in Three Low-Income Samples
This study examined the relationships between children's perceptions of maternal child-rearing behavior and a measure of children's self-esteem within low-income samples. Three cohort samples of 2,194 fifth and sixth grade children from rural Appalachia were surveyed. Siegelman's analysis of the Bronfenbrenner Parent Behavior Questionnaire (Cornell Parent Behavior Inventory) was used to operationalize children's perceptions of maternal loving, de…
Doctoral Comprehensive Examinations in One Program
Most doctoral programs in counseling require a preliminary or written comprehensive examination. The literature in professional journals concerning the composition, administration, scoring and evaluation of such examinations is scant. This article presents a description of how one doctoral program conducted such examinations for 25 students over a 3-year period. Interjudge reliabilities are reported. The examinations describedwere conducted with …
Adolescents' Construction of Social Reality
Linking Theory and Methodology in Family Studies
The Socialization Values of Low-Income Appalachian White and Rural Black Mothers
The purpose of this study was to examine the socialization values of low-income white mothers from rural areas of southern Appalachia and lowincome black mothers from rural areas of the southeastern United States. A sample of 579 white mothers and 480 black mothers was interviewed and responded to a 16-item measure of parental values. The parental value choices of these two groups were compared with each other and with the parental value choices …
Parental Influence and Adolescent Conformity
An important aspect of the socialization process is the contribution that parents make to the development of social cooperation by youth (Baumrind, 1978; Hogan et al., 1978; Smith, forthcoming; Thomas et al., 1974). Effective interpersonal interaction within families and other group relationships require that youth develop a moderate degree of interdependence or conformity to the expectations of important social agents (e.g.,parents; Gurkheim, 19…
Parent-Youth Power Dimensions and the Behavioral Autonomy of Adolescents
The purpose of this study was to determine: (a) whether adolescents were perceived by parents as having power, and (b) whether dimensions of adolescent and parental power predicted teenagers' behavioral autonomy. Ouestionnaire data were collected from a sample of 392 adolescents and their parents. Factor analysis and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that adolescents were perceived by their parents as having…
Role Transitions and Role Identities during Adolescence
The purpose of this paper was to use symbolic interactionist concepts to conceptualize selected issues from the scholarship on pubertal change, parent-youth relationships, peer associations, sexuality, part-time work, and school involvements during adolescence. Based on this examination, the possibility was raised that role involvements and the timing of specific role transitions for the young may influence the extent to which adolescence becomes…
Parental Power Bases and Processes as Predictors of Adolescent Conformity
The purpose of this study was to examine how dimensions of parental power bases and processes predicted adolescent conformity to parental expectations. Questionnaire data were collected from a stratified random sample of 368 adolescents. Multiple regression was the statistical test used to analyze the data. Results from this study indicated that several dimensions of parental power bases and processes were significant predictors of adolescent con…
The Process of Educational and Occupational Attainment of Adolescent Females from Low-Income, Rural Families
The AA. examine the educational and occupational attainment of young women from low-income, Appalachian families who resided in rural areas. Data from a 10-year longitudinal study from 3 southeastern states were examined. Path analysis was used to test relative contribution of family-of-origine, family life-cycle, and social psychological variables as predictors of young women's status attainment. The variables unique to women's attainment (i.e. …
The Need for Common Principles in Prevention Programs for Children, Adolescents, and Families
This article provides a critique of the proposed Development-In-Context Evaluation (DICE) model as a prevention approachfor children, adolescents, andfamilies who are at risk. An analysis of the model's theoretical basis, referred to as developmental contextualism, is provided and the proposed prevention strategy's strengths and weaknesses are assessed. Although the DICE model offers a comprehensive approach to prevention and has many positive as…
Adolescent social competence, parental qualities, and parental satisfaction
Dimensions of adolescent social competence and parental qualities were examined as predictors of parental satisfaction using a sample of 736 parents. Several aspects of adolescent social competence and parental qualities were found to predict parental satisfaction. Of these, parental support was the strongest predictor, while the use of induction (rational control) was related only to fathers' well-being. Perceptions of adolescent social competen…
Acculturation and Family Cohesiveness in Mexican American Pregnent Women
This article describes a classification system based on acculturation status and family cohcsivcncss and examines the extent to which these variables may determine the degree of exposure to high acculturative stress, social isolation, and health-related risk behaviors among Mexican American pregnant women. Empirical data from the Arizona Perinatal Acculturation Project was used to test the presence of an acculturation effect, a family cohesivenes…
Adolescent Social Competence and Parental Satisfaction
This study investigated the relation of parents'perceptions of adolescent social competence to mothers' and to fathers'parental satisfaction. Using a symbolic interactionist approach, it was hypothesized that dimensions of perceived adolescent competence in role relationships with mothers andfathers would be predictors ofparental satisfaction. A total of 385 mothers and 343 fathers responded to self-report questionnaires. Results of the fathers' …
Predicting Spanking of Younger and Older Children by Mothers and Fathers
RANDAL D. DAY Washington State University GARY W. PETERSON Arizona State University* COLEEN McCRACKEN Washington State University** We examine parents' characteristics that influence the incidence of spanking as a discipline strategy in younger and older children. Data were analyzed from the National Survey of Families and Households. We found that different combinations of blocks of predictor variables influenced spanking in eight subsamples. Be…
Acculturation and Risk Behavior among Pregnant Mexican American Females
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretical model designed to predict risk behavior (i.e., cigarette and/or alcohol use) in a sample of Mexican American females who were pregnant and ranged in age from adolescence to early adulthood. The model consisted of six hypothesized predictors-acculturation status, intergenerational family conflict, acculturative stress, educational attainment, household income, and age of respondent, which were pr…
Predicting Adolescent Autonomy from Parents
This study examined the extent to which adolescents'behavioral autonomy was predicted by several aspects of the parent-youth relationship that are encompassed by the general constructs connectedness and restrictiveness. Both of these general relationship constructs are composed of more specific social-psychological predictors consisting of parental behaviors, parent-adolescent authority dimensions, and indicators of family ties. A total of 657 ad…
The Renewed Importance of Studying Parent-Adolescent Relations
The Diversity of Fatherhood
The articles in this volume seek to examine the many faces of fatherhood. As we edited this very informative collection, the message conveyed very clearly is that fatherhood is no simple phenomenon, but a complex tapestry of many things. Contemporary fatherhood is both diverse in its manifestations and subject to contradictory qualities, forces, and trends. Acquiring an accurate view of contemporary fatherhood is not possible without images of co…
Family Dynamics
Acculturation and Family Functioning Are Related to Health Risks Among Pregnant Mexican American Women
The authors examined the independent and interactive effects of acculturation status and family cohesiveness on a series of psychosocial and medical risk factors of pregnancy among 500 women of Mexican origin. In general, both higher and lower levels of acculturation produced positive or negative psychosocial and healthcare consequences, and the operative relationships depended heavily on the particular outcome chosen. Higher levels of family coh…
Crossing Boundaries
Overcoming Obstacles-Challenges to Life and Scholarship
Cet article fait part de temoignages de chercheurs qui furent a un moment donne de leur existence frappes par de graves epreuves. Ces autobiographies nous montrent que le fait de devoir surmonter maladie, deuil, guerre, peut amener a surpasser sa douleur, et aller de l'avant, en conciliant destin personnel et domaine d'etudes. Par ailleurs, un hommage est rendu a Bernard Farber
Psychology (47 obras) · Sociology (29 obras) · Social Psychology (27 obras) · Developmental psychology (24 obras) · Social Psychology (19 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (17 obras) · Early Childhood Education and Development (10 obras) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (8 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Computer Science (7 obras)