Abstract
COWAN, GLORIA, and AVANTS, S. KELLY. Children's Influence Strategies: Structure, Sex Differences, and Bilateral Mother-Child Influence. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1988, 59, 1303-1313. The factor structure of children's and mothers' social influence strategies was examined, as well as sex differences in children's strategies, evidence of maternal reinforcement of sex differences, and the coordination of children's and mothers' influence strategies. Seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade children (11-15year-olds) responded to a questionnaire assessing both the frequency and effectiveness of their own and their mothers' strategies. Mothers responded to an identical questionnaire. 3 factors emerged. Girls reported more frequent use and success of strategies anticipating noncompliance (weak), and boys reported more frequent use and success of autonomous (strong) strategies. Mothers' data showed some differential reinforcement of boys' and girls' strategies. In general, children's use of strategies anticipating noncompliance was positively related to their mothers' use of the same type of strategies. A power interpretation is offered for the diverse findings.
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