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Low Birth Weight and Children's Cognitive Competence: The Role of Maternal Warmth in Early Childhood
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Pudasainee-Kapri, Sangita; Razza, Rachel A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The present study examined the longitudinal associations among birth weight status, maternal warmth, and children's cognitive competence within an at-risk sample (N = 1809) drawn from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study. Of particular interest was whether birth weight moderated the associations between maternal warmth and indicators of…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Birth, Correlation, Longitudinal Studies
Longitudinal Predictors of Vocabulary Knowledge in Turkish Children: The Role of Maternal Warmth, Inductive Reasoning, and Children's Inhibitory Control
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Ekerim, Muge; Selcuk, Bilge – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: The present study investigated the social and cognitive precursors of vocabulary knowledge in 239 Turkish preschoolers both concurrently (Time 1 [T1] Mage = 53.29 months, SD = 10.19) and subsequently 1 year later (Time 2 [T2] Mage = 65.40 months, SD = 10.55). We examined the role of parenting behaviors by focusing on emotional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary, Preschool Children, Parenting Styles
Effortful Control and Parenting: Associations with HPA Axis Reactivity in Early Childhood
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Kryski, Katie R.; Dougherty, Lea R.; Dyson, Margaret W.; Olino, Thomas M.; Laptook, Rebecca S.; Klein, Daniel N.; Hayden, Elizabeth P. – Developmental Science, 2013
While activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is an adaptive response to stress, excessive HPA axis reactivity may be an important marker of childhood vulnerability to psychopathology. Parenting, including parent affect during parent-child interactions, may play an important role in shaping the developing HPA system; however,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Self Control, Affective Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Is the Prediction of Adolescent Outcomes from Early Child Care Moderated by Later Maternal Sensitivity? Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
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Burchinal, Margaret R.; Lowe Vandell, Deborah; Belsky, Jay – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Longitudinal data are used to examine whether effects of early child care are amplified and/or attenuated by later parenting. Analyses tested these interactions using parenting as both a categorical and continuous variable to balance power and flexibility in testing moderation. The most consistent finding was that maternal sensitivity during…
Descriptors: Prediction, Mothers, Child Care, Parent Child Relationship
Adaptive and Challenged Parenting among African American Mothers: Parenting Profiles Relate to Head Start Children's Aggression and Hyperactivity
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Carpenter, Johanna L.; Mendez, Julia – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: This study used a within-group research design and person-centered analytic methods to identify multidimensional profiles of parenting styles, parenting practices, and related emotional factors in a sample of 274 African American mothers recruited from Head Start programs in the northeastern and southeastern United States.…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, African Americans, Mothers, Early Intervention
Maternal Sensitivity and Child Responsiveness: Associations with Social Context, Maternal Characteristics, and Child Characteristics in a Multivariate Analysis
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Hendricks, Charlene; Haynes, O. Maurice; Painter, Kathleen M. – Infancy, 2007
This study examined unique associations of multiple distal context variables (family socioeconomic status [SES], maternal employment, and paternal parenting) and proximal maternal (personality, intelligence, and knowledge; behavior, self-perceptions, and attributions) and child (age, gender, representation, language, and sociability)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Multivariate Analysis