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Attitudes of Irish mothers to child rearing

Journal of comparative family studies10 (2)Published In 1979 • Pages: 227-251

By: McKenna, Anne.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This analysis of the maternal attitudes of Irish mothers across class, educational level, and age, used a standardized psychological test, the Parental Attitude Research Inventory (PARI). Compared to test results from the United States, the author found that Irish mothers tended to be more authoritarian and controlling, and less enamored with democratic attitudes than their American counterparts, although there was significant variation across class and mothers' level of education. In larger households where there was spousal help, mothers tended to be less controlling.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Personality traits
Gender status
Classes
Infant care
Education system
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Rural Irish
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2016
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
British Isles
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2014
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1960
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1960
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ireland
NotesAdditional notes
Anne McKenna
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
74641687
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ireland--Rural conditions