Psychology
Document Type
Poster Presentation
Start Date
10-4-2015 11:30 AM
End Date
10-4-2015 1:00 PM
Sponsor
Douglas Sperry (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College)
Description
Researchers have highlighted the frequency of conflict that occurs every day between parents and their young children, peaking around 30 months of age. We adopt a different perspective, namely that mother-child conflict is a normal part of life and is therefore likely to vary in culturally mediated ways. The purpose of this study is to identify the particular verbal strategies used by working-class European American parents to notify their children that what they are doing (or not doing) needs to change. Across 135 half hours of in-home videotaped observation, the rate of conflict approximates 125 instances per hour and it is arrayed across 19 different types of strategies. The most common were Orders, Urges, and Prohibitions. Also common were Explanations and Promises.
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Normal Caregiver-Child Conflict in Families in a Rural Community
Researchers have highlighted the frequency of conflict that occurs every day between parents and their young children, peaking around 30 months of age. We adopt a different perspective, namely that mother-child conflict is a normal part of life and is therefore likely to vary in culturally mediated ways. The purpose of this study is to identify the particular verbal strategies used by working-class European American parents to notify their children that what they are doing (or not doing) needs to change. Across 135 half hours of in-home videotaped observation, the rate of conflict approximates 125 instances per hour and it is arrayed across 19 different types of strategies. The most common were Orders, Urges, and Prohibitions. Also common were Explanations and Promises.