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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lackovic-Grgin, Katica
• Vitez, Silvana

Titel

The Prediction of Rabin's Categories of Motivation for Parenthood

Ist Teil von

• Radovi -- Filozofski Fakultet Zadar -- Razdio Filozofije Psihologije, Sociologije i Pedagogije, 1997-01, Vol.36(13, p.43-62

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Quelle

Sociological Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In an experiment intended to devise metrics for Rabin's parenting motivation categories, it was found that the scales derived -- for measuring altruistic, fatalistic, narcissistic, & instrumental factors -- were useful. While the instrument motivation scale is broken down into four factors (self-confirmation, family-line continuation, marriage safeguarding, patriotism), the other motivations are single-factored. Cronbach alpha values are presented. It is noted that the feminine instinct (caring, mutuality-oriented) is a reliable predictor for all four categories of motivations; externality is especially correlated with fatalistic motivations. Other predictors are education, age (altruism), & gender (fatalism, instrumentalism). Satisfaction with life & economic considerations do not seem to play a large role in parenting motivation. 13 Tables, 15 References. Adapted from the source document.