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PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION AND ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTATION
Abstract
This study tests five hypotheses speculating on the relationship between parent-child interaction and achievement orientation. The characteristics and quality of parent-child interaction are examined as factors in the socialization process. The perceptions of these characteristics by adolescent and young adult children are the independent variables. Specific characteristics investigated include perceived parental nurturance, rejection, availability, positive interaction, and negative interaction. A number of factors developed through socialization are related to achievement orientation. These include self-esteem, education attitudes, work orientation, and achievement motivation which are the dependent variables. High school and college students completed 248 questionnaires. Various scales were used to measure the variables. Three hypotheses are supported. One is partially supported. One is not supported. It is found that perceived parental availability, positive interaction and parental nurturance are positively related to self-esteem. Perceived negative interaction and parental rejection are negatively related to self-esteem. No relationship is found between perceived parental power and self-esteem. Perceived positive interaction and parental nurturance is positively related to educational aspirations and expectations while controlling for socio-economic status. It is also established that subjects perceiving high parental nurturance place a higher value on intrinsic occupational attributes than on extrinsic attributes while controlling for socio-economic status. Subjects perceiving low parental nurturance place a higher value on extrinsic characteristics while controlling for socio-economic status. Perceived positive interaction and parental nurturance are positively related to achievement motivation for both sons and daughters.
Subject Area
Families & family life|Personal relationships|Sociology
Recommended Citation
KEATING, BARBARA R, "PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION AND ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTATION" (1982). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8217534.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8217534