Likert Scale Theory

Ideal parents have a goal they want to achieve with their child. One big goal that parents should want is for their child to be successful. With this, comes a lot of work and time being put in from a parent to their child, but first the parents must know what it takes to raise a successful child. Raising a successful child is not easy and usually it is more genetics or the parents’ success that influences their own child’s success. The first research study that focuses on child success is based on how a Mothers’ expectations for their child influence their education and occupational attainment. In this study, the researchers come to find that Mothers’ have more of an impact on their daughters rather than their sons. Eirini Flouri and …show more content…
Likert Scale is a scale that has different variables that are answered through a range of potential responses. An example, of potential responses are; strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree. Parental feelings about offspring measures, how parents feel about their child and are asked two questions and answer it through the Likert Scale (Peterson, 2006). Positive affect is measure by, 40 items for the senior students using the Affectometer 2 that described 10 qualities of happiness (Peterson, 2006). The 10 qualities of happiness that were assessed was; confluence, optimism, self-esteem, self-efficacy, social support, social interest, freedom, energy, cheerfulness, and thought clarity. Future time perspective measured during the student’s senior year asking how they felt about specific time periods, they then answered using a 7- point scale (Peterson, 2006). The 7-point scale is a number scale from one to seven and it defines how the student felt about the specific time periods asked. Offspring religiousness was measured through demographic sheets in the survey handed out to the student (Peterson, 2006). Offspring personality is measured through the students and uses the Big Five. The Big Five is extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness. With this measure it uses the 5-point scale, which is a scaled based on numbers 1-5 on how the personality of the student reflects the Big Five. Parental transmission of politics measure parent’s political values through 11 items based on a checklist of how their children react to politics and social events (Peterson, 2006). Lastly, the political interest and orientation measures the interest of politics during the student’s senior year using the