TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal Reinforcement Style and Cooperation-Competition Among Anglo-American and Mexican-American Children
AU - Kagan, Spencer
AU - Knight, George P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by University of California Intramural Grant No. 5-538404-19900-5 and by a grant from the Center of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Riverside. Requests for reprints should be sent to Spencer Kagan, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521.
PY - 1984/9
Y1 - 1984/9
N2 - The major theoretical formulations regarding the antecedents of prosocial motives and behaviors support the hypothesis that a generally rewarding and nonpunitive maternal reinforcement style fosters the development of prosocial motives and behaviors. To test that hypothesis, 189 Anglo-American and Mexican-American mothers in interaction with their children were administered the Reinforcement Style Game which assesses generalized tendency to be rewarding and/or punishing, and the children were administered the Social Behavior Scale which assesses prosocial and competitive motives and behaviors. Results fail to support the theoretical formulations which postulate positive effects of a rewarding, nonpunitive maternal reinforcement style for fostering prosocial development.
AB - The major theoretical formulations regarding the antecedents of prosocial motives and behaviors support the hypothesis that a generally rewarding and nonpunitive maternal reinforcement style fosters the development of prosocial motives and behaviors. To test that hypothesis, 189 Anglo-American and Mexican-American mothers in interaction with their children were administered the Reinforcement Style Game which assesses generalized tendency to be rewarding and/or punishing, and the children were administered the Social Behavior Scale which assesses prosocial and competitive motives and behaviors. Results fail to support the theoretical formulations which postulate positive effects of a rewarding, nonpunitive maternal reinforcement style for fostering prosocial development.
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U2 - 10.1080/00221325.1984.10532249
DO - 10.1080/00221325.1984.10532249
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0010170461
SN - 0022-1325
VL - 145
SP - 37
EP - 47
JO - Journal of Genetic Psychology
JF - Journal of Genetic Psychology
IS - 1
ER -