The purposes of this study were to construct a Likert scale to
measure the attitudes of husbands' and wives' toward the therapeutic
role, and to identify the basic components underlying this role.
A 32 item scale was developed from questionnaire data obtained
through a systematic random sample of households in...
The major purposes of this study were to describe paternal attitudes toward fathering and parent education and to then explore the relationships among these attitudes and interests. Specifically, the study attempted to relate traditional/developmental attitudes of fathers to: (1) expressed interests in knowing more about child rearing; (2) willingness to...
The relationship between self-concept and teacher competency
was examined among 29 female college students enrolled in a
beginning-level practicum of a preschool-teacher training program.
The Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) and the Preschool Teacher
Competency Rating Scale (PTCRS) were used to assess the subjects'
self-concepts and teacher competencies at the...
The present study examined fathers' and mothers' attitudes
toward fathering and fathers' involvement with their infant sons
and daughters. Subjects included 42 pairs of parents with infants
from upper and middle socioeconomic class families. All subjects
were of the Caucasian race. The Attitudes Toward Fathering Scale
and the Father Behavioral...