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The intergenerational transmission of maternal discipline and standards for behavior

Abstract

Abstract Mothers and grandmothers of 3‐ to 5‐year‐olds rated their frequency of use of five disciplinary techniques – physical punishment, withdrawal of love, explanation, material reward, and praise, described how they would react in a variety of disciplinary situations, and rated how stringent they were in demanding appropriate behavior in the areas of obedience, honesty, helping, and control of aggression. Mothers were asked to respond with …

Authors

Covell K; Grusec JE; King G

Journal

Social Development, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 32–43

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

3 1995

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-9507.1995.tb00049.x

ISSN

0961-205X