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Yonat Rum; Ditza A. Zachor; Yael Armony; Ella Daniel; Esther Dromi – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
This study investigates mothers' and siblings' perspectives regarding similarities and differences in siblingships with and without autism. Twenty-nine typical children (M[subscript age] = 8.78 years, SD = 2.05) whose younger siblings have a diagnosis of autism and their mothers constituted the 'autism group.' Forty-six typical children…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Siblings, Attitudes
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Miller, Jonas G.; Kahle, Sarah; Lopez, Monica; Hastings, Paul D. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
The links among mothers' compassionate love for their child, autonomic nervous system activity, and parenting behavior during less and more challenging mother-child interactions were examined. Mothers expressed and reported less negative affect when they exhibited autonomic patterns of increased parasympathetic dominance (high parasympathetic…
Descriptors: Mothers, Affective Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Neurology
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Taylor, Zoe E.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Spinrad, Tracy L. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
The goal of this study was to examine physiological and environmental predictors of children's sympathy (an emotional response consisting of feelings of concern or sorrow for others who are distressed or in need) and whether temperamental effortful control mediated these relations. Specifically, in a study of 192 children (23% Hispanic; 54%…
Descriptors: Physiology, Environmental Influences, Predictor Variables, Children
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Gündüz, Gizem; Yagmurlu, Bilge; Harma, Mehmet – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: In this study, we examined self-regulatory skills, namely, effortful control and executive function, in Turkish preschoolers (N = 217) and their mediating roles in the associations between parenting and children's socioemotional competence. We also investigated the role of family socioeconomic status and maternal psychological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Control, Executive Function, Preschool Children
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Patrick, Renee B.; Gibbs, John C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Within the fields of socialization and moral development, the relationship of parenting to adolescents' sense of morality and self has been understudied. This study investigated the relationships between perceived parental disciplinary techniques and moral identity among early and middle adolescents. Participants included 93 (54% female) 5th, 8th…
Descriptors: Discipline, Mothers, Intimacy, Adolescents
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Perlman, Michal; Ross, Hildy S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
Two-step (if -then) behavioral contingencies in the naturally occurring conflicts of 2- and 4-year-old siblings were identified and described. Children's crying, compliance, ignoring, opposition, power, and reasoning strategies were examined to determine how they were used immediately following opposition, power, and reasoning from siblings and…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Affective Behavior