5 Questions
According to Bornstein et al. (2011), what was the aim of the study?
To evaluate similarities and differences in mean levels and relative agreement between mothers' and fathers' attributions and attitudes in parenting in nine countries.
What does the term 'attribution' refer to in the context of this study?
Parents' beliefs of the nature of their children's behavior as intentional, controllable or dispositional, and their beliefs in the nature of their parenting successes and failures.
What method was used to collect data for the study?
1,133 parenting couples of 7–10 year‐old children from nine countries provided data regarding the extent to which they held progressive versus authoritarian childrearing views.
Which attitudinal variables were measured using the Parent Modernity Inventory?
Progressive attitudes, authoritarian attitudes, and modernity of childrearing attitudes.
What age group of children were the parenting couples in the study focused on?
7–10 year‐old children
Test your knowledge on parental attributions and attitudes in parenting across different countries. This quiz is based on the key study by Bornstein et al. (2011) and explores the similarities and differences between mothers and fathers.
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