Utilization of child rearing information acquired from social networks among mothers who are high and low in authoritativeness

• Main Authors: Ang, Melissa H., Arias, Patricia M., Frayna, Francesca S
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Child rearing; Parenting; Parent and child; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5829
• Institution: De La Salle University

One hundred parenting questionnaires were handed out to mothers who have a first born child who fell within the age range of 6-12 years old. The questionnaire helped the researchers determine the level of authoritativeness of the mothers whether they were high on authoritativeness or low on authoritativeness. The researchers described and compared mothers who are high on authoritativeness and low on authoritativeness with regard to their methods of seeking help about rearing their child. These methods include the mother's various sources of information such as their friends, family, parenting magazines and books. Aside from the information they received from their respective sources, the researchers compared their bases on their reasons why they utilize the information they get and what consequences did they see as a result. Thirty mothers, whose scores qualified them for the study, were asked to participate in a depth interview so that the researchers can further ask about specific situations wherein they actually utilized the child rearing information and also reasons why they did not. A content analysis was done to verify and tally the data gathered.