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- Title
Children's Influence Strategies: Structure, Sex Differences, and Bilateral Mother-Child Influence.
- Authors
Cowan, Gloria; Avants, S. Kelly
- Abstract
The factor structure of children's and mothers' social influence strategies was examined, as well as sex differences in children's strategies, evidence of maternal reinforcement of sex differences, and the coordination of children's and mothers' influence strategies Seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade children (11-15-year-olds) responded to a questionnaire assessing both the frequency and effectiveness of their own and their mothers' strategies Mothers responded to an identical questionnaire 3 factors emerged Girls reported more frequent use and success of strategies anticipating noncompliance (weak), and boys reported more frequent use and success of autonomous (strong) strategies Mothers' data showed some differential reinforcement of boys' and girls strategies In general, children's use of strategies anticipating noncompliance was positively related to their mothers' use of the same type of strategies A power interpretation is offered for the diverse findings.
- Subjects
PARENT-child relationships; SEX differences (Biology)
- Publication
Child Development, 1988, Vol 59, Issue 5, p1303
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1130493