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Xu, Yiyuan; Farver, Jo Ann M.; Zhang, Zengxiu – Child Development, 2009
This study examined the additive and interactive effects of temperament and harsh and indulgent parenting on Chinese children's proactive and reactive aggression. Participants were 401 children (M [subscript age] = 9.29 years, 203 girls) and their parents who were recruited from 2 elementary schools in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Rearing, Foreign Countries, Parenting Styles
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Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Child Development, 2005
This study investigated the combination of mothers' and fathers' parenting styles (affection, behavioral control, and psychological control) that would be most influential in predicting their children's internal and external problem behaviors. A total of 196 children (aged 5-6 years) were followed up six times from kindergarten to the second grade…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Predictor Variables, Young Children
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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
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Wang, Qian; Pomerantz, Eva M.; Chen, Huichang – Child Development, 2007
This research compared the effects over time of parents' control and autonomy support on children's functioning in the United States and China. American and Chinese (N = 806) seventh graders (mean age = 12.73 years) participated in a 6-month longitudinal study. Children reported on their parents' psychological control, psychological autonomy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Psychology, Parent Role
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Barber, Brian K.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
The effects of parental control on child behavior were examined in a survey of 473 fifth, eighth, and tenth graders, who completed measures on parent behavior, family functioning, and their own behavior. The study found that psychological control was more predictive of adolescent internalized problems, whereas behavioral control was more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education
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Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Davies, Patrick T.; Cummings, Mark E. – Child Development, 2006
This multimethod, prospective study examined the nature of pathways between interparental hostility and withdrawal, parental emotional unavailability, and subsequent changes in children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and school adjustment difficulties over a 3-year period in a sample of 210 mothers, fathers, and 6-year-old children.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Parent Child Relationship, Withdrawal (Psychology), Mothers