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Annie Bernier; Sylvana M. Côté; Rose Lapolice Thériault; Gabrielle Leclerc – Developmental Science, 2024
Childcare services are widely used by families and thereby exert an important influence on many young children. Yet, little research has examined whether childcare may impact the development of child executive functioning (EF), one of the pillars of cognitive development in early childhood. Furthermore, despite persisting hypotheses that childcare…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development, Child Care
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Monika Pažur; Maja Drvodelic; Vlatka Domovic – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2024
This article investigates the frequency of what we define as supportive and unsupportive parental behaviors and whether there is a statistically significant difference in the frequency of parental behaviors in reference to different parental characteristics (level of education, employment status, socio-economic status). This research involved a…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Behavior, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics
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Tessa N. Botkin; Kelsey Wiggs; Heidi L. Kipp; Rachel A. Lindstrom; Heather M. Joseph; David J. Kolko; Sarah L. Pedersen; Brooke S. G. Molina – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2024
Objective: The concept of the "helicopter parent" was popularized in the 2000s and 2010s by Western culture, and it has recently begun to be examined by researchers to describe parental over-involvement and intrusive behavior that impedes transition into adulthood. Research has yet to investigate the viability of this construct for…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Adolescents, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Psychometrics
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Mermelshtine, Roni; Barnes, Jacqueline – Infant and Child Development, 2016
Maternal responsive-didactic caregiving (RDC) and infant advanced object play were investigated in a sample of 400 mothers and their 10-month-old infants during video-recorded semi-structured play interactions. Three maternal behaviours: contingent response, cognitively stimulating language and autonomy-promoting speech were coded and infant…
Descriptors: Infants, Play, Mothers, Video Technology
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Taylor, Zoe E.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Widaman, Keith F. – Child Development, 2013
Longitudinal relations among ego-resiliency (ER), effortful control (EC), and observed intrusive parenting were examined at 18, 30, and 42 months of age ("Ns" = 256, 230, and 210) using structural equation modeling. Intrusive parenting at 18 and 30 months negatively predicted EC a year later, over and above earlier levels. EC at…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Self Control, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
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Cote, Linda R.; Bornstein, Marc H. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
Immigrant (Japanese and South Americans in the United States) families' play was compared to play in families in their countries of origin (Japan and Argentina, respectively) and in a common country of destination (European Americans in the United States). Two hundred and forty 20-month-old children and their mothers participated. Generally, the…
Descriptors: Play, Mothers, Foreign Countries, Immigrants