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Restrictiveness-Permissiveness of Their Environment as Perceived by Kibbutz Twins and Singletons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Ruth Guttman ,
Michael Nathan  and
Amir Esrachi
Ruth Guttman*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University, and The Israel Institute of Applied Social Research, Jerusalem, Israel
Michael Nathan
Affiliation:
Institute of Research on Kibbutz Education, Oranim, Kiryat Tivon, Israel
Amir Esrachi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University, and The Israel Institute of Applied Social Research, Jerusalem, Israel
*
Department of Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 91905

Abstract

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This research compares similarities and differences between kibbutz twins and singletons on individual perceptions of extent of restriction imposed by their fathers and mothers, teachers, caretakers and peers with regard to the children's choices, plans, and actual activities. During the past two years, the parents of all kibbutz twins in Israel of age 1 to 18 have been contacted. They provided background information about themselves and their twin children. In each kibbutz, two control singletons were selected of the same sex and age for each twin pair, yielding a “quartet”. With the aid of a mapping sentence, questionnaires were constructed to help ascertain the child's role in life areas such as family, friendship, school, hobbies, work, amusement. Questionnaires with the same facet design are being administered to children (twin and singleton), mothers, fathers, teachers, and caretakers. In addition, each child is given a battery of tests — including the verbal WISC, Block Design, Raven Matrices, and Reading Comprehension. The children will be interviewed and tested in three successive years, beginning either in grade 4 or 5. Data will thus be obtained on changes in perception of permissiveness-restrictiveness and their relation to performance at ages 9 to 13. To date 9-year-olds in 14 kibbutzim have been interviewed. Analyses of responses to four questions are presented in this paper. The preliminary analyses indicate that twins and singletons have similar means and distributions with regard to the extent to which the children feel they are told what to do by either parent.

Keywords

Restrictive environmentPermissive environmentMental developmentKibbutzTwins
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 165 - 170
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1987

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