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Interplay of Genes and Early Mother-Child Relationship in the Development of Self-Regulation from Toddler to Preschool Age
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Kochanska, Grazyna; Philibert, Robert A.; Barry, Robin A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: A broad capacity for deliberate self-regulation plays a key role in emotion regulation. This longitudinal investigation from infancy to preschool age examines genotype by environment (G x E) interaction in the development of self-regulation, using molecular measures of children's genotypes and observed measures of the quality of early…
Descriptors: Mothers, Psychopathology, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Development of Mutual Responsiveness Between Parents and Their Young Children
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Kochanska, Grazyna; Aksan, Nazan – Child Development, 2004
This comprehensive study of mutual responsiveness examined 102 mothers and 102 fathers interacting with their children at 7 and 15 months. Responsiveness was studied from developmental and individual differences perspectives, and assessed using macroscopic ratings and microscopic event coding. The latter captured parents' reactions to children's…
Descriptors: Mothers, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship, Individual Differences
Temperament, Relationships, and Young Children's Receptive Cooperation With Their Parents
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Kochanska, Grazyna; Aksan, Nazan; Carlson, Jennifer J. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
The authors studied receptive cooperation--a willing, eager stance toward parents--in 15-month-old children (N=101) in broadly ranging contexts. Children's anger proneness and parents' responsiveness (both observed at 7 months) and children's attachment security (assessed in Strange Situation at 15 months) were examined as predictors of children's…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Cooperation, Attachment Behavior, Personality Traits
Pathways to Conscience: Early Mother-Child Mutually Responsive Orientation and Children's Moral Emotion, Conduct, and Cognition
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Kochanska, Grazyna; Forman, David R.; Aksan, Nazan; Dunbar, Stephen B. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Associations between early mother-child mutually responsive orientation (MRO) and children's conscience have been previously established, but the mechanisms accounting for those links are not understood. We examined three such mediational mechanisms: (a) the child's enhanced enjoyment of interactions with the mother, (b) increased…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Anxiety, Moral Development