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57 undergraduate university students performed a Q-sort of 50 items of possible concern in child rearing and a second sorting based on presumed attitudes of their own parents. Significant differences were obtained between Ss' self-sorts and sorts for their parents; certain nonsignificant sex differences were also noted.

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Attitudes by Young Adults toward Child Rearing and Presumed Attitudes of Their Own Parents

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