Single Mother's Life After Child-Rearing

Relationship-Building Skills of Child-Rearing Mothers in Japanese Communities

This study elucidated the skills of mothers who used to build positive interpersonal relationships with people they met through child-rearing. The research method was qualitative descriptive study. The participants were 24 mothers who had children between ages of one and four years. These participants were recruited at child-rearing salons and childcare centers located in various municipalities...

Mothers’ Child-rearing Attitudes and Verbal Behavior: a Comparative Study

1 This study was supported by the Baltic Sea Foundation in Sweden (grant No. 31103), by the RSS (group research grant No. 1417/1999), and by the Estonian Science Foundation (grant No. 4629). We would also like to thank the participants of our study. Address for correspondence: Luule Mizera, Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tiigi 78-336, 50410 Tartu, Estonia. E-mail: [email protected]...

Child-Rearing Practices of Brazilian Mothers and Fathers: Predictors and Impact on Child Development

Predicting the child-rearing practices of mothers sexually abused in childhood.

OBJECTIVE Although empirical investigations have established a relationship between childhood sexual abuse and numerous long-term consequences, surprisingly little research has addressed the possible effects of childhood victimization on the later child-rearing practices of adult survivors. The present study examined hypothesized predictors of three parenting styles among adult survivors of sex...

Mexican-American and Anglo-American mothers' beliefs and values about child rearing, education, and language impairment.

This study investigated the cross-cultural and intra cultural diversity of mothers' beliefs and values regarding child rearing, education, and the causes of language impairment. Thirty Mexican-American and 30 Anglo-American mothers of children with language impairments completed 2 questionnaires, and 10 randomly selected mothers from each group participated in an interview. In addition, the Mex...