Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Responsibility for Children's Behavior
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1993
Keywords
Behavior Problem, Social Psychology, Middle Class, Child Behavior, Prosocial Behavior
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289222
Abstract
Mother-blaming has been well documented in research related to the etiology and maintenance of child psychopathology and family dysfunction. However, there has been almost no research that investigates the differential attributions of maternal and paternal blame for different types of problems or attributions of responsibility for prosocial child behaviors. In the current study, young adult participants (primarily Caucasians from the middle class) were asked to rate their perceptions of mothers' and fathers' responsibility for children's internalizing, externalizing, and prosocial behavior. Mothers were rated as more responsible for their children's internalizing behavior problems, and fathers were rated as more responsible for their children's externalizing behavior problems. Perceptions of mothers' and fathers' responsibility for their children's prosocial behaviors did not differ. Ramifications of mother-blaming and father-blaming are discussed.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Sex Roles, v. 29, issue 11/12, p. 839-851.
Scholar Commons Citation
Phares, Vicky, "Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Responsibility for Children's Behavior" (1993). Psychology Faculty Publications. 966.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/966
