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Expressive Suppression of Negative Emotions in Children and Adolescents: Theory, Data, and a Guide for Future Research
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Gross, Jacquelyn T.; Cassidy, Jude – Developmental Psychology, 2019
In recent years, an increased interest in the importance of children's ability to regulate emotions in socially adaptive ways has driven considerable research on the development of emotion regulation. A widely studied emotion regulation strategy known as "expressive suppression" (ES), in which a person attempts to conceal…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Self Control, Social Adjustment, Correlation
Parental Sensitivity and Nurturance
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DePasquale, Carrie E.; Gunnar, Megan R. – Future of Children, 2020
Parental sensitivity and nurturance are important mechanisms for establishing biological, emotional, and social functioning in childhood. Sensitive, nurturing care is most critical during the first three years of life, when attachment relationships form and parental care shapes foundational neural and physiological systems, with lifelong…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Child Development, Attachment Behavior
The Role of Parenting in Linking Family Socioeconomic Disadvantage to Physical Activity in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
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Lee, Hedwig – Youth & Society, 2014
Parents play an important role in influencing adolescent health behaviors and parenting practices may be an important pathway through which social disadvantage influences adolescent health behaviors that can persist into adulthood. This analysis uses the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine how parenting practices mediate…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Role, Socioeconomic Background, Family Characteristics
Factors Associated with Mothers' Obesity Stigma and Young Children's Weight Stereotypes
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Holub, Shayla C.; Tan, Cin Cin; Patel, Sanobar L. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2011
Parents and children hold negative attitudes about obesity, but little is known about individual differences in obesity stigma. The current study examined authoritarian parenting style, beliefs about the controllability of weight and fear of fat in relation to mothers' dislike of overweight individuals. Factors related to children's weight…
Descriptors: Obesity, Stereotypes, Mothers, Negative Attitudes
Annual Research Review: All Mothers Are Not Created Equal--Neural and Psychobiological Perspectives on Mothering and the Importance of Individual Differences
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Barrett, Jennifer; Fleming, Alison S. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Quality of mothering relies on the integrity of multiple physiological and behavioral systems and on two maternal factors, one proximal and one distal, that have a great impact on how a mother mothers: postpartum depression and early experiences. To mother appropriately requires the action of systems that regulate sensation, perception, affect,…
Descriptors: Mothers, Social Behavior, Systems Approach, Integrity
The Special Needs of Girls in Trouble
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Rodney, H. Elaine; Mupier, Robert – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2004
This study compared the characteristics of girls in the juvenile justice system with their male counterparts in selected Texas counties. A relatively higher proportion of girls who are in trouble with the law experienced ineffective parental control as compared to delinquent boys. They also experienced more problems in family, school, and with…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Crime, At Risk Persons, Substance Abuse