Parent-Child Relations and Parental Discipline in Delinquents' Families - A Comparative Study Between Delinquents and Non-Delinquents on Perceptions of Parents as Disciplinary Agents and of Methods of Discipline

• NCJ Number: 90708
• Journal: National Research Institute of Police Science Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Dated: (September 1979) Pages: 50-61
• Author(s): E Hoshi
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 12 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Country: Japan

Annotation

Part of a larger research project concerning parent-child relations and parental discipline, this study investigated the differences between delinquents (D's) and nondelinquents (N's) in terms of perceptions of parents as disciplinary agents, parental attitudes toward disciplinary training, and their training methods.

Abstract

Data were collected by a questionnaire. The sample consisted of 213 D's and 279 N's. All subjects came from intact families. More than half of the D's perceived mothers as disciplinary agents. Senior high D's perceived mothers are disciplinary agents more often than did junior high D's, but both D groups differed from N's in their perception. Maternal attitudes toward disciplinary training were actively perceived by both D's and N's. When compared with each other, mothers were found to be more active than fathers in disciplinary training. D's saw inconsistency between mothers and fathers in terms of the way to use six specified disciplinary methods. Tables and references are included. (Author abstract modified)