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Title: Adolescents' ideas about individual and social responsibility in relation to children's household work : some international comparisons
Related: International journal of behavioral development, Vol. 25, Issue 1, p. 60-68
DOI: 10.1080/01650250042000032
Publisher: Psychology Press
Date: 2001
Author/Creator: Bowes, Jennifer M
Author/Creator: Flanagan, Constance
Author/Creator: Taylor, Alan J
Description: Cultural values of individual and social responsibility were investigated through adolescents’ ideas about children’s household work. A total of 4627 adolescents from six countries completed questionnaire items about the age children should begin chores, the value of children’s participation, and the appropriateness of payment. Differences were found between countries for all questions but notably for the question of payment. Adolescents in the USA, Australia, and Sweden were more likely to support a general payment associated with children’s household work, whereas adolescents in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Hungary were more likely to oppose payment. All differences interacted with type of task(self-care and family-care), corresponding to a relative emphasis on individual and social responsibility.
Description: 9 page(s)
Subject Keyword: households
Subject Keyword: child rearing
Subject Keyword: family allowances
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Institute of Early Childhood

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