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Lau, Eva Yi Hung; Chang, Lei; Casas, Juan F. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study examined whether physical coercion and psychological control by mothers and fathers can influence preschoolers' use of physical and relational aggression, and whether the relations are moderated by children's effortful control in a Hong Kong Chinese sample. Data were collected from a sample of 168 children (88 girls;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Preschool Children, Aggression
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Hartz, Karyn; Williford, Amanda – Infant and Child Development, 2015
Behavioural adjustment is critical for children's school readiness. This study used data from a nationally representative sample of children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort. We examined the effects of interactions between children's negative emotionality, maternal sensitivity and preschool teacher sensitivity on children's…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Preschool Teachers, Mothers
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Evans, Cortney A.; Nelson, Larry J.; Porter, Christin L.; Nelson, David A.; Hart, Craig H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
This study assesses the relationships between children's shy and antisocial/aggressive behaviors and maternal beliefs, and concomitant parenting behaviors. Structural equation models examined 199 mothers' perceptions of aggression and shyness in their preschool-age children (average age = 59.63 months); maternal beliefs (i.e., locus of control,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Shyness, Child Rearing, Mothers
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Curenton, Stephanie M.; Craig, Michelle Jones – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
Dyadic shared-reading and oral storytelling practices and their association to American preschoolers' (N = 33) prosocial and problem behaviour was examined. The frequency (how often dyads read) and history (the child's age at first reading) were examined within shared-reading; emotion state talk and evaluative judgments were examined in both…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Mothers, Correlation, Language Skills
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Hane, Amie Ashley; Cheah, Charissa; Rubin, Kenneth H.; Fox, Nathan A. – Social Development, 2008
The moderating effect of maternal behavior in the relations between social reticence and shyness in preschool and subsequent social withdrawal was investigated. Eighty children (47 females) were judged for degree of social reticence during play with unfamiliar peers at the age of four and mothers completed the Colorado child temperament inventory…
Descriptors: Shyness, Play, Mothers, Preschool Children
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Tomanik, Stacey; Harris, Gerald E.; Hawkins, Jacqueline – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2004
The present study investigated the relationship between behaviours exhibited by children with pervasive developmental disorders, particularly autism, and maternal stress levels. Participants consisted of 60 mothers who had a child diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder by an independent practitioner using DSM-IV criteria. Children were…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship