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Dong, Shuyang; Dubas, Judith Semon; Dekovic, Maja; Wang, Zhengyan; van Aken, Marcel A. G.; Wu, Meng – Early Education and Development, 2022
This study investigated how parenting behaviors and child committed compliance predicted internalization of rules and externalizing behaviors throughout early childhood. Participants were 95 Chinese mother-child dyads. Maternal respect for autonomy and negative control were observed in free-plays at 14 and 25 months. Toddlers' committed compliance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parenting Styles, Child Behavior, Compliance (Psychology)
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Janssen, Heleen J.; Bruinsma, Gerben J. N.; Dekovic, Maja; Eichelsheim, Veroni I. – Youth & Society, 2018
Although spending time in criminogenic settings is increasingly recognized as an explanation for adolescent delinquency, little is known about its determinants. The current study aims to examine the extent to which (change in) self-control and (change in) delinquent attitudes relate to (change in) time spent in criminogenic settings, and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Control, Delinquency, Attitudes
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de Haan, Amaranta D.; Soenens, Bart; Dekovic, Maja; Prinzie, Peter – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2013
The current study examined the explanatory role of satisfaction of parental psychological needs in effects of childhood aggression on various adolescent-perceived parenting behaviors in middle adolescence. Research questions were examined in a large multi-informant, prospective community study of ethnic majority Belgian families…
Descriptors: Aggression, Psychological Needs, Parents, Adolescents
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Dong, Shuyang; Dubas, Judith Semon; Dekovic, Maja; Wang, Zhengyan – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Based on the goodness-of-fit theory, the current research examined how parental socialization expectations and socialization practices in infancy predicted child social adjustment in the preschool year dependent on child characteristics in toddlerhood with a longitudinal sample of Chinese families. Participants were 272 Chinese mother-child dyads.…
Descriptors: Goodness of Fit, Socialization, Preschool Children, Compliance (Psychology)
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Stoltz, Sabine; Dekovic, Maja; van Londen, Monique; de Castro, Bram Orobio; Prinzie, Peter – Social Development, 2013
In this study, we investigate whether changes in child social cognitive functioning and parenting are the mechanisms through which an individually delivered real-world child intervention, Stay Cool Kids, aimed at preventing externalizing problem behavior in high-risk elementary school children, induces changes in child behavior. Moreover, we…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, At Risk Students, Elementary School Students
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Wissink, Inge B.; Dekovic, Maja; Meijer, Anne Marie – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2006
The cross-ethnic similarity in the pattern of associations among parenting behavior (support and authoritative and restrictive control), the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship (disclosure and positive and negative quality), and several developmental outcomes (aggressive behavior, delinquent behavior, and global self-esteem) was tested.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Ethnic Groups, Child Rearing