Socialization and Child Rearing Practices Among Nigerian Ethnic Groups

Sex of preceding child and birth spacing among Nigerian ethnic groups

Sex of preceding child and birth spacing among Nigerian ethnic groups.

In seeking for more effective ways of fertility control and improvement of maternal and child health through birth spacing in a predominantly patrilineal society like Nigeria, this study explores how the sex of a previous child affects birth interval among ethnic groups, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic variables. The study utilized birth history data from the 2008 Nigeria Demograp...

The Role of Child-Rearing Practices in the Socialization Processes of Junior High School Students: A Socio-Cultural Perspective

The Role of Child-Rearing Practices in the Socialization Processes of Junior High School Students: A Socio-Cultural Perspective M. Hossaynnejaad H. Abdollaahzaadeh, Ph.D. From a Vygotskian perspective since children construct their value systems through interaction with others, they can become self-regulated if their culture emphasizes such a characteristic via the child-reari...

Racial and Ethnic Socialization and Child Problem Behaviors Socialization through Material Objects: The Relationship of Implicit Racial and Ethnic Socialization and Child Problem Behaviors

Racial and ethnic socialization are important protective factors for minority children. In this study we investigated socialization in preschool-aged, African American, Latino, and biracial children. We believed that socialization would be a protective factor against child somatic complaints, pervasive developmental problems, and affective disorder. Also, we believed there was a protective/prot...

Child-rearing Practices and Delinquency in Children and Adolescents

The present paper is an overview of studies examining the way family influences the development of delinquency in adolescents. The review focused on published papers dealing with the association of adolescent delinquency and their families. The association between family practices and juvenile delinquency, with potent predictive value is established and bidirectional effects exist. However the ...