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Direct linkBoyle, Michael H.; Jenkins, Jennifer M.; Georgiades, Katholiki; Cairney, John; Duku, Eric; Racine, Yvonne – Child Development, 2004
This study examined the impact of differential-maternal parenting behavior, evaluated as a family-level experience, on children's emotional-behavioral problems. Data come from 3 child development studies: 2,128 four- to sixteen-year-olds (Ontario Child Health Study), 7,392 four- to eleven-year-olds (National Longitudinal Study of Children and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Siblings
Friedman, Sarah L.; Scholnick, Ellin K.; Bender, Randall H.; Vandergrift, Nathan; Spieker, Susan; Pasek, Kathy Hirsh; Keating, Daniel P.; Park, Yoonjung – Child Development, 2014
Data from 1,364 children and families who participated in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development were analyzed to track the early correlates and later academic outcomes of planning during middle childhood. Maternal education, through its effect on parenting quality when…
Descriptors: Planning, Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Correlation
Hyde, Janet Shibley; Else-Quest, Nicole M.; Goldsmith, H. H.; Biesanz, Jeremy C. – Child Development, 2004
Numerous studies have been conducted on the impact of dual-earner parents' employment on their children, yet the reverse process the impact of children and their behavior on the work functioning of their parents has been ignored. This study investigated spillover from the mother role to the work role in a sample of more than 300 families. At 4…
Descriptors: Rewards, Personality, Behavior Problems, Mothers
Kochanska, Grazyna; Aksan, Nazan; Knaack, Amy; Rhines, Heather M. – Child Development, 2004
Socialization research is shifting from direct links between parenting and children's outcomes toward models that consider parenting in the context of other factors. This study proposed that the effects of maternal responsive, gentle parenting on child conscience are moderated by the quality of their relationship, specifically, early security. A…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Child Rearing, Socialization, Parenting Styles
Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran; Coley, Rebekah Levine – Child Development, 2017
This study assessed the links between early maternal employment and children's later academic and behavioral skills in Australia and the United Kingdom. Using representative samples of children born in each country from 2000 to 2004 (Australia N = 5,093, U.K. N = 18,497), OLS regression models weighted with propensity scores assessed links between…
Descriptors: Child Development, Foreign Countries, Regression (Statistics), Grade 1
Kohen, Dafna E.; Leventhal, Tama; Dahinten, V. Susan; McIntosh, Cameron N. – Child Development, 2008
The present study used Canadian National Longitudinal data to examine a model of the mechanisms through which the effects of neighborhood socioeconomic conditions impact young children's verbal and behavioral outcomes (N = 3,528; M age = 5.05 years, SD= 0.86). Integrating elements of social disorganization theory and family stress models, and…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Structural Equation Models, Disadvantaged, Young Children
Adam, Emma K.; Gunnar, Megan R.; Tanaka, Akiko – Child Development, 2004
In a middle-class sample of mothers of 2-year-olds, adult attachment classifications measured in the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) were related to maternal self-reported emotional well-being and observed parenting behavior, and the potential mediating and moderating roles of maternal emotion were tested. Mothers classified as dismissing on the…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Attachment Behavior
Tomlinson, Mark; Cooper, Peter; Murray, Lynne – Child Development, 2005
A sample of 147 mother-infant dyads was recruited from a peri-urban settlement outside Cape Town and seen at 2- and 18-months postpartum. At 18 months, 61.9% of the infants were rated as securely attached (B); 4.1% as avoidant (A); 8.2% as resistant (C); and 25.8% disorganized (D). Postpartum depression at 2 months, and indices of poor parenting…
Descriptors: Infants, Predictor Variables, Depression (Psychology), Attachment Behavior
Feldman, Ruth; Eidelman, Arthur I.; Rotenberg, Noa – Child Development, 2004
To examine the development of triplets, 23 sets of triplets were matched with 23 sets of twins and 23 singletons (N138). Maternal sensitivity was observed at newborn, 3, 6, and 12 months, and infants' cognitive and symbolic skills at 1 year. Triplets received lower maternal sensitivity across infancy and exhibited poorer cognitive competencies…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Child Rearing, Twins, Cognitive Development
Macmillan, Ross; McMorris, Barbara J.; Kruttschnitt, Candace – Child Development, 2004
Drawing on the notion of linked lives, this study examined the effects of stability and change in maternal circumstance on developmental trajectories of antisocial behavior in children 4 to 7 years of age. Using data from a national sample of young mothers and growth curve analysis, the study demonstrated that early maternal circumstances…
Descriptors: Poverty, Parenting Styles, Child Development, Antisocial Behavior
Gauvain, Mary; Perez, Susan M. – Child Development, 2008
This study investigated child compliance and maternal instruction during planning. Based on the Child Behavior Checklist and free-play observations, 40 mothers and their 4- to 5-year-old children were assigned to a group with children who behaved within the normal range of compliance (n = 20) or a group with children with high rates of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Young Children, Planning, Compliance (Psychology)
Ispa, Jean M.; Fine, Mark A.; Halgunseth, Linda C.; Harper, Scott; Robinson, JoAnn; Boyce, Lisa; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Brady-Smith, Christy – Child Development, 2004
The present study investigated the extent to which maternal intrusiveness and warmth during play, observed in 579 European American, 412 African American, and 110 more and 131 less acculturated Mexican American low-income families when children were approximately 15 months old, predicted 3 dimensions of the mother-toddler relationship 10 months…
Descriptors: African Americans, Parent Child Relationship, Low Income Groups, Mexican Americans
Guzell, Jacqueline R.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne – Child Development, 2004
In this sample of 66 dual-earner mothers and fathers and their 1-year-old infants, associations among parental ratings of infant difficulty, parental perceived control over caregiving outcomes, and parental sensitive and directive behavior were examined during a triadic free-play session in the home. Perceived infant difficulty was related to…
Descriptors: Infants, Employed Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Play
