ATTITUDE SCALE
TOWARDS HOME AND FAMILY
MANUAL
Dr. R.k. Saraswat
NCERT, New Delhi
Smt. Yashi Jain
Aadhar Public School, Gwalior
2005
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ATTITUDE SCALE TOWNARDS HOME AND FAMILY
Dr. R.K. Saraswat
NCERT, NewDelhi.
Smt. Yashi Jain
Aadhar Public School, Gwalior
Introduction
The'home is the person's primary environment from the time he is
born. Parents and sibling are the only family members who exercise a cordial
influence. Family members exert more control over a persons behavior than
any other person. The pattern of personality development of the child is
established mainly within the framework of his relationship with the parents
and siblings.
The climate of the honie is directly influences the person's pattern of
behaviour and his adjustment to life. If the home climate is favourable the
individual will be friendly, happy and cooperative. The home environment
influences the individual by the effect it has on his/her attitude towards
people. A good home environment fostered by communication between
family members, is possible when there is respect for each other's opinions.
Aperson who is well adjusted will develop a positive attitude towards life,
parents and siblings and thus behave in a manner that leads to favourable
self-acceptance. The self-accepting person evaluates himself realistically, and
therefore, he can use his capabilities effectively and in asocially desired way.
Description of the Attitude Scale towards Home and Family:
The scale contains 66 items; under five major categories i.e. (i) Attitud
toward Parents, (ii) Attitude toward siblings, (ii) Attitude toward family
economic conditions (iv) perception towards parent's adjustment and (v)
general feelings.
ERT So.
Items under above categories are:
TO
Attitude towards Parents Items S.No. 1to 30
II Attitude towards Siblings Items S.No. 31to 40
III Attitude towards Family's Items S.No. 41 to 46
Economic Conditions
IV Perception towards Parent': Items S.No. 50 to 56
Adjustment 'dres
General Feelings Items S.No. 57 to 66
Scoring:
The scoring of the Scale is simple. The scoring is to be done on five point
rating scale. The five digits i.e. 5,4,3,2 and 1 are assigned to Always, Very
often, Sometimes, Seldom and Never. As all the items developed for the
scale are positive in nature therefore the sum of all the 66 items will be the
indicator of individual's attitude towards his/her family members'and home
climate.
Administration of the Scale:
General instructions for administration of the Scale are given on the title pa
ge of the Scale. The test administrator is expected to read the instruction
and explain the example of to the subjects before administering test on
them.
Validity:
The validity of scale was determined in terms of
()content and (ii) construct validity.
Reliability:
students
lest-Retest Reliability was found to be 72on aselected sample of
of class XI.
Categorization of Raw Scores :
Raw Scores Category
Above 297 Highly favourable attitude
232-297 Very favouçable attitudes
166-231 normally favourable attitudes
83-165 Moderate favourablé attitude
Below 82 Unfavorable/Negative attitude
Discussion;
Parents play a very crucial role in developing favorable attitude and
socialization of the child. Both parents should agree on the values associated
with bringing up and training the children. Disharmony and discord between
parents can result in problem behavior aimong children. Similarly, sibling
relationships and mutual understanding are fundamental part of family life.
The rlationship among sibling may influence by factors like the age, sex,
views and parents support.
If the child has unfavorabie attitude towards his parents, siblings and Home
it is essential for a teachers and guidance cOunselors to have clos
interaction with the parents and the child.
