ABSTRACT
From early in the twentieth century to the past decade, child-rearing patterns in general became more permissive (1-3) as indicated by observations, descriptive writings, child-rearing guides, shifting psychological positions, and historical variables. This study sought evidence of the pattern from the perspective of long-term memory of males from one occupation (dentistry), who had about the same educational level, and were engaged in the same voluntary activity (attending a state dental convention) at the time of sampling. A total of 282 dentists were interviewed at random. Also, six dentists refused to be interviewed. The response rate was 97.9%. This sample comprised approximately one-half of the dentists attending the convention. The respondents individually were asked for identifying information and were requested to indicate a number from 1 to 7 (1 = extremely strict,7 = extremely permissive) which best reflected the childhood memory of the degree of strictness-permissiveness for each parent.
This chapter, “Parental Strictness-Permissiveness and Long-Term Memory,” from Rule, W.R. &Comer, A.T., Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981, 52, 574. © Perceptual and Motor Skills 1981.
