Warmth, inductive reasoning, clear communication, and appropriate monitoring characterize constructive practices, while destructive parenting practices are consistent with hostility, rejection, and coercion.
Social exchange and learning theory also suggests that external factors will also be important in accounting for the variances in parenting behaviors. Six external factors are included in this study: perceptions of impact of parental behavior in child development, comparison level for alternatives, depressed in relation to responsiveness to others, social norms relating to parenting roles, parenting skills and education, and financial stress.
The total sample used for this study consisted of 63 families selected from a predominately rural midwestern county of approximately 26,000 residents. The criteria used to select the families were 1) both biological parents lived in the home, 2) the family contained a seventh grader,
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Social Exchange Theory
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She\amp39s All That and the Social Exchange Theory
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Data was collected over two evenings using two different methods. The first evening focused of completion of questionnaires including issues as parenting, psychological adjustment, self-concept, health, social support, deviant behavior, and economic distress. The second night was devoted to videotaping family interaction involving a round table discussion of interviewer provided issues.
Social exchange and learning theory also suggests that external factors will also be important in accounting for the variances in parenting behaviors. Six external factors are included in this study: perceptions of impact of parental behavior in child development, comparison level for alternatives, depressed in relation to responsiveness to others, social norms relating to parenting roles, parenting skills and education, and financial stress.
I believe that this research could be useful in motivating additional longitudinal parental behavior research that would seek to support the outcomes of this study. Extended follow-up research with the families
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