The Effects of Parental Styles and Daycare on Preschooler's Self-Esteem
Abstract
The present study examined the effects of parental styles and daycare on the self-esteem of 61 four-year-olds. Parental style was assessed using the Parental Attitudes Toward Childrearing Questionaire, which measured warmth, encouragement of independence, strictness and aggravation. The children's self-esteem was assessed using the Pictorial Self Concept Scale in which the child placed pictures depicting different characteristics into piles of "like me", "sometimes like me" and "not like me". Significant correlations were found within the four independent parental style factors. However, no significant correlations were found between either daycare or parental styles and self-esteem. These findings may be due to the lack of variability among subject's scores caused by a biased subject pool.
Description
Program year: 1985-1986Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Subject
self-esteemparenting style
childhood development
warmth
independence
strictness
aggravation
Citation
Sutherland, Suzanne G. (1986). The Effects of Parental Styles and Daycare on Preschooler's Self-Esteem. University Undergraduate Fellows. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -SutherlandS _1986.