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The Parent's Capacity to Treat the Child as a Psychological Agent: Constructs, Measures and Implications for Developmental Psychopathology
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Sharp, Carla; Fonagy, Peter – Social Development, 2008
Recent studies of the relationship between parenting and child development have included a focus on the parent's capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent. Several constructs have been developed to refer to this capacity, for example maternal mind-mindedness, reflective functioning, and parental mentalizing. In this review article, we…
Descriptors: Models, Psychopathology, Child Development, Parent Child Relationship
ACT against Violence Parents Raising Safe Kids Program: Effects on Maltreatment-Related Parenting Behaviors and Beliefs
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Knox, Michele S.; Burkhart, Kimberly; Hunter, Kimberly E. – Journal of Family Issues, 2011
The ACT Against Violence Parents Raising Safe Kids program (ACT-PRSK) is an interactive violence prevention program developed by the American Psychological Association for parents of young children. The program teaches and supports parents in the areas of child development, roots and consequences of violence, anger management for adults and…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Intervention, Family Violence, Child Abuse
Home Visiting for At-Risk Preschoolers: A Successful Model for Latino Families
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Nievar, M. Angela; Jacobson, A.; Dier, S. – Online Submission, 2008
The Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program promotes school readiness by providing services directly to parents through home visitation. This study describes the outcomes of the HIPPY program for Latino immigrant families in a large Southwestern city. A quasi-experimental design compared 48 families on the program…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Intervention, Mothers, Marital Satisfaction
Implications of Cross-cultural Findings for a Theory of Family Socialisation.
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Rudy, Duane; Grusec, Joan E.; Wolfe, Janis – Journal of Moral Education, 1999
Discusses the traditional approach to understanding socialization, focusing on authoritarian and authoritative parenting. Explores authoritative parenting and its promotion of autonomy and authoritarian parenting, considering its effects among cultural groups. Presents data indicating that autonomy support is valued more than power assertion as a…
Descriptors: Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Cultural Traits
Childcare Practices in Three Asian Countries
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Yunus, Sham ah Md. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2005
Childcare practices such as feeding, toilet training, sleeping arrangement and discipline in three Asian countries (China, Japan, and India) are compared. These countries differ from each other in culture, religion, language and ethnic makeup from Euro-American culture. The differences in childcare practices are broadly related to the differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Child Care, Comparative Analysis
Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America.
Child Trends, Inc., Washington, DC. – 2002
Noting that the great majority of Americans will become parents at some point in their lives, this report uses data from 13 federal or privately-collected nationally-representative studies or other data sources to present a comprehensive statistical picture of how mothers and fathers in America feel about parenting, how they parent, and how they…
Descriptors: Abortions, Birth Rate, Child Care, Child Custody