Type A behavior pattern and social control of parents.
- Author:
Choong Won LEE
1
;
Nung Ki YOON
;
Suk Kwon SUH
;
Dong Hoon SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Daegu;
Education;
Female;
Humans;
Logistic Models;
Male;
Odds Ratio;
Parents*;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Social Class;
Social Control, Formal*;
Virtues;
Vulnerable Populations
- From:Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
1990;23(1):22-32
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Associations between type A behavior pattern (TABP) and parental social control were examined by a questionnaire survey in a sample of 803 undergraduates of the three universities in Daegu city in 1988. TABP was assessed by the Student Jenkins Activity Survey (SJAS, short from) and social control of parents by Bernstein and Brandis' Index of control and communication which were both dichotomized by median. The mean age of the sample was 20.7 (standard deviation, 2.2) and mean of total score of SJAS was 5.6 with it standard deviation and median, 2.7 and 5, respectively. In stratified analysis for TABP-social control association by the native place, sex and socioeconomic status (SES), males of rural origin with low SES showed odds ratio (OR), 2.49 but those with high 0.40. For females of rural origin, those with low SES showed OR, 1.02, whereas those with high SES did 0.35. For those who was of urban origin, males with low SES had OR 1.27, and those with high SES did 1.29. Females with high SES showed 0.85 and those with low SES 0.67. None of the TABP-social control associations among the strata showed confidence intervals not including unity. In multiple logistic regression by native place, for those with rural origin the only term showed a statistically significance was the social control-SES of parents interaction, OR 3.99 (95% confidence interval, 1.03-15.46). For those of urban origin, none of the terms are statistically significant. These results suggest a social upward mobility by education of the rural disadvantaged group and a Confucian idea that regards academic achievement as one of social virtues, both of which may reflect the different sociocultural structures from the West.
