An intergenerational study of value socialization in a low-income Appalachian subculture
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Elizabeth B. Robertson (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Sarah M. Shoffner
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare two competing explanations for the achievement value socialization process. The sociological explanation assumes that family background influences parent's achievement value orientation and goals for the child which,in turn, influence the child's own achievement values. The parent-child interaction explanation assumes that the parent-child interactional style, in combination with the factors specified in the sociological model, influence the child's academic motivation and goals which, in turn, influence the child's own achievement values. This three phase longitudinal assessment used existing mother-child dyad data from a low-income, rural, white Appalachian sample. The sample included 202 mother-child dyads at phases 1 and 2 and the 202 children at phase 3. Confirmatory factor analysis of measurement models indicated lack of reliability, and lack of convergent and discriminant validity. Observed measures of the parent-child interaction model lacked nomologic validity; however, observed measures of the sociological model generally displayed nomological validity. To improve measurement properties, indicants were converted to single scale measures and measured variables structural models were estimated. Neither theory was adequate in explaining the data.
An intergenerational study of value socialization in a low-income Appalachian subculture
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1988
- Subjects
- Parent and child $z Appalachian Region, Southern
- Child rearing $z Appalachian Region, Southern
- Socialization