Maternal disciplinary practices in south indian mothers an analysis of situational, parent and child variables

Sivaraman, PhD Candidate, Department of Social Work and Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117570.. candidate at the National University of Singapore NUS and am stud

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APPENDIX A

STUDY 1 – INTRODUCTION LETTER AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO MOTHERS

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NA T I O N A L UN I V E R S I T Y o f SI N G A P O R E

Psychology Programme, Department of Social Work & Psychology,

11, Law Link, Republic of Singapore 117570

Parvathi N Sivaraman,

PhD Candidate,

Department of Social Work and Psychology,

National University of Singapore,

Singapore 117570

Dear Mother,

I am a Ph.D candidate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and

am studying parental disciplinary practices I am interested in collecting data from the Indian parent population, particularly from Chennai The age groups of

children that I am interested in are 3-4 years (LKG students) and 5-6 years (Std I students) Since at least one of your children fall in this age group, I request your participation in this project If you have two children falling in these age groups, please answer the questionnaire for only one child (you may choose which one)

I have enclosed a brief questionnaire that will take no more than 15

minutes of your time Kindly read the instructions carefully and fill in your

responses You can send the questionnaire back with your child to school If you encounter any difficulties, please do contact me at 2491 4686

Your name and identity will be kept confidential This is a purely academic exercise and the data collected will be used only for research purposes

However, please be informed that participation is voluntary and you may choose not to participate Your participation is greatly appreciated

NOTE: THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS TO BE ANSWERED BY THE MOTHER

Thanking you,

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QUESTIONNAIRE

Imagine that you find your child in each of the scenarios listed below Please

indicate how much each of the situations is either a safety or social skills concern to you Also please rate the scenarios on how urgent you they think

are i.e how immediate is the response required from your part for each of the scenarios Finally, please indicate how close these scenarios are to those

faced by you with regards to your child in real life You can answer each of these questions by choosing from a scale of 1 (very much) to 5 (very little)

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

Very much Moderate Very Little

1) Trying to pet a stray dog/cat

How much of a safety concern is this to you?

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

How much of a social skill related concern is this to you?

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

How urgent is the action required from you in this scenario?

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

How real-life like is this scenario?

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

2) Running down the stairs, two at a time

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

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3) Playing with sharp objects

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

4) Playing too near an electric socket

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

5) Refusing to wear footwear while walking on the street

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1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

6) Running into a busy street

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

7) Insisting on going too deep into the water at the beach/playing too close to the water

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

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8) Climbing a tree branch that is likely to break

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

9) Racing on a bicycle on a busy street

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

10) Leaning out of a balcony/window

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

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1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

11) Often leaves the water running after using the toilet

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

12) Refuses to co-operate with getting up and getting dressed for school

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

13) Does not close the refrigerator door properly

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

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14) Turning away and refusing to greet guests to the house

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

15) Sometimes uses inappropriate language with adults

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

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16) Breaking another child’s toy on purpose

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

17) Demands/whines for something at the department/toy store

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

18) Being impolite to a grandparent

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

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19) Gets into fights with other children at school

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

20) Lies about happenings at school so often that it seems to be

becoming a habit

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -5

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