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Title

  • Main Title An investigation of beliefs and practices of conservative Protestant parents and the cultural applicability of child parent relationship therapy.

Creator

  • Author: McClung, Tracy M.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Ray, Dee
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Holden, Janice Miner
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Barrio, Casey
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2007-05
  • Digitized: 2007-09-18

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The purpose of this study was to conduct a survey to identify the beliefs and practices of conservative Protestant parents, which assisted in clarifying the assertions in the current literature regarding conservative Protestant parenting. Additionally, this researcher sought to determine the applicability of child parent relationship therapy (CPRT), a filial therapy model based upon the principles of child centered play therapy, for conservative Protestant parents by ascertaining the need for cultural modifications. Beliefs and practices of conservative Protestants were measured using the Protestant Parenting Inventory (PPI), an original instrument developed through a series of focus groups and pilot testings. The population comprised 148 mothers and fathers from 4 Southern Baptist churches in and around the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to the data in order to increase internal consistency estimates and percent of explained variance. Criterion coding of demographic data allowed a multiple regression analysis to determine which demographic variables were significant predictors of participant responses on the PPI. Descriptive statistics allowed the researcher to investigate the compatibility of conservative Protestants and CPRT. Results of this study both confirm and refute past findings regarding conservative Protestants. Results also revealed the need for some cultural modifications to CPRT in order to make it an acceptable parenting resource for conservative Protestant parents.

Subject

  • Keyword: Parenting
  • Keyword: Protestant
  • Keyword: filial therapy
  • Keyword: child parent relationship therapy
  • Keyword: cultural modifications
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Parenting -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Southern Baptist Convention.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Parent-child interaction therapy.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Play therapy.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Parent and child.

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: McClung, Tracy M.
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 180187374
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc3642

Degree

  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Discipline: Counseling
  • Academic Department: Department of Counseling, Development and Higher Education
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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