Assessment of Parental Expectations: A Preliminary Investigation of the Expectation Sort for Parents
Date of Award
5-1994
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Departmental Honors
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The standards that parents set for their children and the expectations they hold are an important consideration in studying family dynamics, development of a child's self-esteem, quality of parental care, emotional responses to required and desired behavior, and virtually any other aspect of the parent-child relationship. Parents maintain expectations of their child's physical, socio-emotional, and intellectual development. Children's self-concept, self-esteem, and general emotional well-being are all affected by their ability to fulfill parents' expectations. Failure to live up to a standard that is important to the parent could lead to psychological distress for the child and disruption in the family. Parental standards and their importance to the parent also affect the methods of discipline that they use in correcting children, which, in turn, can influence the child's development in a variety of ways (e.g. moral internalization).
Recommended Citation
Stepan, Jennifer J., "Assessment of Parental Expectations: A Preliminary Investigation of the Expectation Sort for Parents" (1994). Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects. 322.
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Faculty Mentor
Richard N. Perks