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Gurdal, Sevtap; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Sorbring, Emma – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The present study examined Swedish mothers' and fathers' warmth towards their children in relation to their children's agency. It also examined the longitudinal relation between agency and children's externalising, internalising, and school achievement. Swedish children's mothers and fathers (N = 93) were interviewed at three time points (when…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Mothers, Academic Achievement
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Chen, Feiyan – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Parents play an influential role in children's emotional development. Numerous quantitative studies have examined the correlations between a "single" dimension of parents' emotion socialisation practices (e.g. parental emotion expression or attitudes) and children's emotional development. However, little attention has been paid to a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Self Control, Teaching Methods, Emotional Development
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Hännikäinen, Maritta – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This study focuses on a particular relationship between teachers and one- to three-year-old children: the child in the teacher's lap. When, in what situations, does this happen? Who are the children in the teacher's lap? Why are they there? How do children express emotional well-being when in the teacher's lap? Relational, sociocultural and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Toddlers, Well Being, Emotional Response
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Chen, Jennifer Jun-Li; Chen, Tianying; Zheng, Xiao Xian – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
This study investigated how Chinese immigrant mothers in the USA make meaning of their parenting styles and practices in rearing their young children (aged two to six). Twelve Chinese immigrant mothers were interviewed. A key finding reveals that the Chinese immigrant mothers' parenting practices reflected the indigenous concept of jiaoyang in the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Asian Culture, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
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Tonyan, Holli A.; Mamikonian-Zarpas, Ani; Chien, Dorothy – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
Research examining child-care providers' beliefs and behaviour has produced contradictory evidence perhaps because analyses commonly examine providers as a homogenous group. Among providers in the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, we used cluster analysis to identify groups based on profiles of beliefs. We found evidence for five…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Behavior, Child Caregivers, Individual Characteristics
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Hartick, Gwen; Leseho, Johanna – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Explored the use of metaphor as a strategy for enhancing teachers' capacity to work with students as they express and learn to manage anger. Found that participants reported that the process was highly effective for themselves and their students. Metaphors enabled detachment, consideration of alternatives, a means of reflection, and a…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anger, Interviews, Metaphors