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PARENTAL COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING AND CHILDREN'S SELF-ESTEEM AND LOCUS OF CONTROL

Cheng, Li-hsueh
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin976031674

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2000, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Sociology.
The main concern of this study is how parental decision-making style affects children’s self-esteem and locus of control. A secondary longitudinal study was employed to investigate how parental decision-making style, which was broken into three categories – collaborative, independent, and autocratic – affects children’s self-esteem and locus of control. Sex and ethnicity were also examined for their effects on parental decision-making style as well as on self-esteem and locus of control. The results showed that, contrary to what I predicted, the more frequent the use of independent decision-making relative to collaborative decision-making, the lower the child's self-esteem and locus of control. However, as I predicted, the more frequent the use of autocratic decision-making relative to collaborative decision-making, the lower the child's self-esteem and locus of control. It was also found that sex and ethnicity interact in their effect on parental decision-making style. White male adolescents are more likely than White females to have either independent decision-making or autocratic decision-making relative to collaborative decision-making. Asian male and female adolescents have no apparent differences in parental decision-making styles. Asian female adolescents are more likely than White female adolescents to show both independent and autocratic decision-makings relative to collaborative decision-making. White male adolescents are more likely than Asian male adolescents to have independent decision-making relative to collaborative decision-making. White male adolescents and Asian male adolescents show no differences in the frequency of autocratic decision-making relative to collaborative decision-making. Male adolescents have a higher level of self-esteem than female adolescents, while female adolescents have a higher level of internal locus of control than male adolescents. No differences were found in White Americans’ and Asian Americans’ self-esteem or locus of control. Limitations and applications were also discussed.
David Lundgren (Advisor)

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  • Cheng, L.-H. (2000). PARENTAL COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING AND CHILDREN'S SELF-ESTEEM AND LOCUS OF CONTROL [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin976031674

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cheng, Li-hsueh. PARENTAL COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING AND CHILDREN'S SELF-ESTEEM AND LOCUS OF CONTROL. 2000. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin976031674.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cheng, Li-hsueh. "PARENTAL COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING AND CHILDREN'S SELF-ESTEEM AND LOCUS OF CONTROL." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin976031674

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