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Preschoolers' Gap in Understanding of Moral and Prudential Transgressions in Real-Life Parent-Child Encounters
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Takagi, Yoko; Saltzstein, Herbert D. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This paper reports young (3-5 year-olds') children's cognitive and affective understanding of actual moral (harm to others) and prudential (harm to self) transgressions in the family, as reported by the parent, but in a way that provides the child the opportunity to reflect on and reason about the actual events. A total of 38 parent-child dyads…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Moral Values, Parent Child Relationship, Cognitive Ability
Gender-Role Orientation in Parents: A Factor Contributing to Prenatal Coparental Interactions in Primiparous Families
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Favez, Nicolas; Frascarolo, France – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The coparental relationship is central for the development of the child and the well-being of parents. In Western societies, gender-role stereotypes are strongly associated with domestic and family work. To date, few data are available to assess the links between identification with gender roles and coparenting interactions. In this study,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Sex Role, Gender Issues, Marital Satisfaction
Change in Child Behaviour Concerns Associated with Childcare Quality Features among a Sample of Low-Income Latino Children
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Hartman, Suzanne; Manfra, Louis – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This study explored the relation between childcare quality (staff-child ratio and staff-child interactions) and behavioural development between the beginning and the end of the childcare year among a sample of 44 low-income Latino four-year-olds in 14 childcare programmes. Neither staff-child ratio nor staff-child interactions were related to…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Ratio, Hispanic Americans, Young Children, Interpersonal Relationship
Having, Loving, and Being: Children's Narrated Well-Being in Finnish Day Care Centres
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Puroila, Anna-Maija; Estola, Eila; Syrjala, Leena – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
The aim of this study is to answer the following question: what do children tell about their well-being in Finnish day care centres? The theoretical and methodological framework of this study is based on a narrative approach. The research material was collected by participating in the everyday life of three groups of children and listening to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Care, Well Being, Affective Behavior
Affective Tone in a Toddler Measured during Transitions between Multiple Caregivers.
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Watson, Robin J. – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Observed the transitions between different caregivers and between waking and sleeping for a male toddler. The transitions were rated according to the affect displayed by the toddler. Results indicated that transitions involving the toddler coming into the care of his parents were less disturbing than those involving his coming into the care of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
I Think I Can't, I Think I Can't: Associations between Parental Pessimism, Child Affect and Children's Well-Being
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Jones, Stephanie; Lagace-Seguin, Daniel G. – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
The present study was designed to examine the relations between parental pessimism and peer relations and health in preschool children and to examine the role that child positive and negative affect played within this relationship. Thirty-seven mothers and their children (mean age = 48.1 months) volunteered from local preschools and daycares…
Descriptors: Well Being, Parents, Peer Relationship, Preschool Children