TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's behavioral self-regulation and conscience
T2 - Roles of child temperament, parenting, and parenting context
AU - Augustine, Mairin E.
AU - Stifter, Cynthia A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was based on a dissertation by the first author, and was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK081512), the John Templeton Foundation (grant number 43177), and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (T32-HD07376).
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PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - This study examined longitudinal, temperament-specific relations between parenting qualities in two interactive contexts and behavioral measures of child self-regulation and conscience. Mother-toddler interactions were observed for maternal gentle control and mutual positivity and responsiveness (MPR) when children were 18 months old (sample N = 134, 53% male, 92% non-Hispanic White). Child temperament was also assessed, yielding exuberant, inhibited, and average-approach temperament groups. Children's behavioral self-regulation and conscience were assessed at 4.5 years of age. Mother gentle control in a free play related to poorer later behavioral self-regulation for children in the average-approach group, whereas gentle control in a clean-up related to better behavioral self-regulation in the exuberant group. MPR during the clean-up related to better conscience in the inhibited group. These results provide further support for temperament- and context-specific relations between different parenting qualities and children's later regulatory skills, which may inform the development of more effective temperament-based parenting interventions.
AB - This study examined longitudinal, temperament-specific relations between parenting qualities in two interactive contexts and behavioral measures of child self-regulation and conscience. Mother-toddler interactions were observed for maternal gentle control and mutual positivity and responsiveness (MPR) when children were 18 months old (sample N = 134, 53% male, 92% non-Hispanic White). Child temperament was also assessed, yielding exuberant, inhibited, and average-approach temperament groups. Children's behavioral self-regulation and conscience were assessed at 4.5 years of age. Mother gentle control in a free play related to poorer later behavioral self-regulation for children in the average-approach group, whereas gentle control in a clean-up related to better behavioral self-regulation in the exuberant group. MPR during the clean-up related to better conscience in the inhibited group. These results provide further support for temperament- and context-specific relations between different parenting qualities and children's later regulatory skills, which may inform the development of more effective temperament-based parenting interventions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appdev.2019.05.008
DO - 10.1016/j.appdev.2019.05.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 31933507
AN - SCOPUS:85066921960
VL - 63
SP - 54
EP - 64
JO - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
SN - 0193-3973
ER -