Maternal Strategies for Regulating Children's Behavior

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ID2313609
AuthorsSudha R Sinha (Instituto de Estudios Sociales, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume16
Issue1
Pages27-40
Publication date1985-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002185016001003
OpenAlexW2096663763
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited4

The present study is a replication in India of a study by Conroy et al. (1980) on Japanese and American mothers' regulating their children's behavior. Sixty Indian mothers having one to three children were given six hypothetical compliance-relevant situations and were asked to report how they would behave in those situations to make their children comply. Their responses were classified into two categories: cognitive structuring and psychological space. The findings were compared with those of Conroy et al. The results revealed that although the American mothers reported using their own authority and power for compliance from their children, the Indian and Japanese mothers reported appeals on the basis of feelings and consequences. The American and Japanese mothers used an imperative approach as compared to the Indian mothers

Cognition · Compliance (psychology · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Power (physics · Psychiatry · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology

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