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Parenting as a Moderator of the Effects of Cumulative Risk on Children's Social-Emotional Adjustment and Academic Readiness
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Ruberry, Erika J.; Klein, Melanie R.; Kiff, Cara J.; Thompson, Stephanie F.; Lengua, Liliana J. – Infant and Child Development, 2018
This study examined whether parenting moderated the association between cumulative risk and preschool children's adjustment problems, social competence, and academic readiness. The sample consisted of 306 families representing the full range of income, with 29% at or near poverty and 28% lower income. Cumulative risk and observed maternal…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Correlation, Risk, Preschool Children
An Exploration of Parenting Behaviours and Attitudes during Early Infancy: Association with Maternal and Infant Characteristics
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Arnott, B.; Brown, A. – Infant and Child Development, 2013
The importance of warm and democratic parenting styles for optimal social, emotional and cognitive outcomes in children over the age of five is well established. However, there is a dearth of literature exploring variations in parenting styles during infancy, despite many popular parenting books aimed at this period. The primary aim of this study…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Parent Attitudes, Infants, Mothers
Low-Income Parents' Warmth and Parent-Child Activities for Children with Disabilities, Suspected Delays and Biological Risks
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Eshbaugh, Elaine M.; Peterson, Carla A.; Wall, Shavaun; Carta, Judith J.; Luze, Gayle; Swanson, Mark; Jeon, Hyun-Joo – Infant and Child Development, 2011
Warm and responsive parenting is optimal for child development, but this style of parenting may be difficult for some parents to achieve. This study examines how parents' observed warmth and their reported frequency of parent-child activities were related to children's classifications as having biological risks or a range of disability indicators.…
Descriptors: Poverty, Low Income Groups, Affective Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Family-Level Coparenting Processes and Child Gender as Moderators of Family Stress and Toddler Adjustment
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Kolak, Amy M.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne – Infant and Child Development, 2008
The goal of this multi-method study was to examine how child gender and coparenting processes influence associations between family stress and toddlers' social adjustment. The participants, 104 dual-earner couples and their 2-year-old children, were videotaped in their home during a freeplay activity. Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Questionnaires, Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment
Young Mothers' Play with Their Toddlers: Individual Variability as a Function of Psychosocial Factors
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Driscoll, Joan Riley; Easterbrooks, M. Ann – Infant and Child Development, 2007
There is no one style of parenting which characterizes young mothers as a group. In addition, life circumstances play an important role in shaping maternal behaviour. The aim of this study was to identify patterns of maternal play behaviour and contextual (social and personal) factors associated with these different patterns. In this study, 107…
Descriptors: Play, Mothers, Child Rearing, Toddlers