A Comparison between two groups of Japanese mothers on child-rearing attitudes related to dependency

Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48)This study attempted to compare child-rearing attitudes related to dependency between Japanese mothers born in the United States and Japanese mothers born in Japan, all of whom were living in the United States.\ud The sample was limited to 90 mothers of Japanese ancestry who were attending parent education classes.\ud The review of the literature identified a number of child-rearing practices that were traditionally part of the Japanese culture.\ud Each of the fifteen items in the instrument has been analyzed separately, using the Chi Square test of significance.\ud The results showed that the variables of country of birth and number of years in the United States, as measured in the testing instrument, were statistically significant in eight of the items.\ud This study partially validates the supposition that there was a difference with respect to dependency in the child-rearing attitudes between Japanese born mothers and Japanese-American mothers