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Lysenko, Laura J.; Barker, Edward D.; Jaffee, Sara R. – Social Development, 2013
Research on sex differences in antisocial behaviour may shed light on the causes of childhood antisocial behaviour. Using a longitudinal design, we tested whether there were sex differences in the amount of harsh discipline children received or in the effect of harsh discipline and whether this accounted for sex differences in later conduct…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Child Behavior, Discipline
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Engle, Jennifer M.; McElwain, Nancy L. – Social Development, 2011
Parent-reported reactions to children's negative emotions and child negative emotionality were investigated as correlates of internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Children (N = 107) and their parents participated in a short-term longitudinal study of social development. Mothers and fathers independently completed questionnaires assessing…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Questionnaires, Parent Child Relationship
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Kiel, Elizabeth J.; Buss, Kristin A. – Social Development, 2010
Previous research has suggested that mothers' behaviors may serve as a mechanism in the development from toddler fearful temperament to childhood anxiety. The current study examined the maternal characteristic of accuracy in predicting toddlers' distress reactions to novelty in relation to temperament, parenting, and anxiety development.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship
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Alink, Lenneke R. A.; Mesman, Judi; van Zeijl, Jantien; Stolk, Mirjam N.; Juffer, Femmie; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Koot, Hans M. – Social Development, 2009
Three models regarding the relation between maternal (in)sensitivity, negative discipline, and child aggression were examined in a sample of 117 mother-child pairs with high scores on child externalizing behavior: (1) Sensitivity and discipline are uniquely related to child aggression (the additive model); (2) the relation between discipline and…
Descriptors: Discipline, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development, Mothers
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Scaramella, Laura V.; Sohr-Preston, Sara L.; Mirabile, Scott P.; Robison, Sarah D.; Callahan, Kristin L. – Social Development, 2008
During early childhood, harsh and emotionally negative parent-child exchanges are expected to increase children's risk for developing later conduct problems. The present study examined longitudinal associations between the quality of parenting responses and children's distress reactivity during children's second year of life. Forty-seven…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Toddlers
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Fine, Sarah E.; Trentacosta, Christopher J.; Izard, Carroll E.; Mostow, Allison J.; Campbell, Jan L. – Social Development, 2004
We analyzed the relations between teacher reports of aggressive behaviors, caregiver reports of their use of physical discipline, anger perception accuracy, and anger perception bias in middle childhood and teacher reports of aggressive behaviors two years later in a sample of children from economically disadvantaged families (n = 152). Fisher…
Descriptors: Discipline, Aggression, Economically Disadvantaged, Caregivers
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de Schipper, J. Clasien; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Tavecchio, Louis W. C. – Social Development, 2004
Mothers and primary professional caregivers of 186 children, aged 6-30 months, participated in this study in which a new measure for daily stability in center day care was developed, describing staffing, grouping, and program features. Relative contributions of infants' daily experiences of care stability, quality of care, and mother's daily…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Mothers, Caregivers, Child Behavior