Information Seeking Patterns of Parents Residing in Arkansas [microform] / Era Looney and Sara Couch.
This study surveyed families in Arkansas to obtain information on where parents acquire advice and information to assist with their childrearing efforts. The sample for the study were 23 parents of the University of Arkasas' nursery school children, 24 parents of first-grade children in a rural...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This study surveyed families in Arkansas to obtain information on where parents acquire advice and information to assist with their childrearing efforts. The sample for the study were 23 parents of the University of Arkasas' nursery school children, 24 parents of first-grade children in a rural Arkansas county, and 18 parents located throughout Arkansas who have participated in an eight-state regional parenting research project. Sixty-nine of these 118 parents responded to a questionnaire (58 percent). The questionnaire assessed (1) parental use of 20 different sources of childrearing information and the perceived helpfulness of each source, (2) childrearing topics that would be most helpful in parenting efforts, and (3) family demographic data. Data analyses indicated that parents used a variety of sources for childrearing information. The five sources that received the highest percentage of use by parents were books, physicians, parents, friends, and magazines. The top five sources ranked as most helpful were classes and discussion groups, ministers, newsletters, mental health center, and physicians. Older parents used teachers, friends, books, and newspapers more than younger parents. Parents with more years of education used friends, books, classes and discussion groups, pamphlets, and physicians more than the parents with fewer years of education. Parents with fewer years of education used school counselors and ministers more than parents with more years of education. Fewer parents working outside the home used parents-in-law, magazines, and other sources; fewer homemakers used teachers as a source for childrearing information. The study concluded that these results could be used by parent educators in tapping into highly used resources and revamping sources that receive little use. (KC) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association (Biloxi, MS, November 7, 1985). ERIC Document Number: ED264402. |
| Physical Description: | 11 pages |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |