COMPARISON OF WORKING MOTHERS AND HOUSEWIVES' PERSONALITY TYPES AND CHILD REARING STYLES
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https://doi.org/10.32461/2226-3209.3.2018.176885Abstract
Abstract. The present study was aimed to compare working mothers and housewives' personality types
(emotional-thoughtful) and child-rearing styles. Research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population consisted of all working mothers and housewives in Tehran's second region (2017). 100 working mothers and 100 housewives were selected using a random sampling method. Myers-Briggs type indicator questionnaire (2009) and Baumrind's child-rearing questionnaire (1991) were used. Data were analyzed using Chi square. Results showed that there is no difference between personality types (emotional-thoughtful) and child-rearing styles of working mothers and housewives. Hence, it can be said that the scores of personality types (thoughtful-emotional) and child-rearing styles of working mothers and housewives are the same.
Keywords: personality type, child-rearing style, working mother, housewife.
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