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- Title
Parental Expectations towards Preschool: A Longitudinal Study from Age Four to Five.
- Authors
Kikuchi, Tomomi; Matsumoto, Satoko; Sugawara, Masumi
- Abstract
This study investigated whether parental expectations of preschool programs increase as a child becomes ready for elementary school, and how expectations for 4- and 5-year olds are related to a child??s gender and behavior characteristics. Parents (280 fathers, 321 mothers) of 4-year old children participated in a survey and a follow-up survey one year later. An ANOVA revealed that fathers' expectations of better classroom attitudes increased significantly over the year, while mothers increased in expectations for better classroom attitudes and basic life habits. The findings also showed that mothers' expectations for children's intellectual ability and better classroom attitudes differed according to the child's gender, and that parental expectations for childrens intellectual ability at 5 years of age were influenced by the parents' perception of childrens behavior characteristics by age four years. Parental perceptions of children??s behavioral characteristics seemed to influence their expectations of preschool programs.
- Subjects
PRESCHOOL children; LONGITUDINAL method; INTERPERSONAL relations; INTELLECT; PARENTS
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology / Hattatsu Shinrigaku Kenkyū, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0915-9029
- Publication type
Article