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Sun, Anqi; Peng, Weiwei; Ansari, Arya; Li, Xile; Xu, Yue; Yan, Ni – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The current study addressed whether mothers' explicitly expressed and implicitly held attitudes towards infant crying (n = 71) differ with each other and how these two types of attitudes relate to mothers' depressive symptoms during the transition to parenthood. Neither mothers' explicit nor implicit attitudes towards infant crying predicted…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Crying, Parent Attitudes
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Geeraerts, Sanne B.; Backer, Penina M.; Stifter, Cynthia A. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the association of infant fussing and crying with self-regulation in toddlerhood and the preschool years, as well as the moderating role of maternal sensitivity therein. When children (n = 149, 53.69% boys) were 6 months old, parents reported on their fussing and crying using a cry diary, and…
Descriptors: Infants, Mothers, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship
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Barry, Amy A.; Smith, JuliAnna Z.; Deutsch, Francine M.; Perry-Jenkins, Maureen – Journal of Family Issues, 2011
This study explored first-time fathers' perceived child care skill over the transition to parenthood, based on face-to-face interviews of 152 working-class, dual-earner couples. Analyses examined the associations among fathers' perceived skill and prenatal perception of skill, child care involvement, mothers' breastfeeding, maternal gatekeeping,…
Descriptors: Mothers, Crying, Parent Child Relationship, Parenting Skills