MATERNAL CHILD-REARING ATTITUDES, IQ, AND SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS AS RELATED TO COGNITIVE-ABILITIES OF 5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

The effects of maternal child-rearing attitudes, as measured by the Ch ild Rearing Practices Report, on 5-yr.-old children's Verbal IQ and Pe rformance IQ were investigated in a Scandinavian samp;le of 108 boys a nd 126 girls. The maternal child-rearing attitude of Restrictiveness, as defined by scores on the Report, showed negative relations to the c ognitive measures. However, the significant negative relation between Restrictiveness and Verbal IQ, obtained for both sexes, disappeared wh en the effects of maternal IQ and socioeconomic status were controlled The maternal child-rearing attitude of Nurturance, as defined by scor es on the Report, was significantly related to Verbal IQ and Performan ce IQ for boys only. Significant relationships between scores on Nurtu rance and cognitive abilities of boys remained when the effects of mat ernal IQ and socioeconomic status were controlled.