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Verhoef, Rogier E. J.; Hofstee, Marissa; Endendijk, Joyce J.; Huijding, Jorg; Dekovic, Maja – Developmental Psychology, 2023
During infancy and toddlerhood, parents show large individual differences in the extent to which they are able to tailor their parenting behaviors to their children's swiftly changing developmental needs. The first aim of our study was, therefore, to distinguish parenting profiles at three time points during infancy and toddlerhood (i.e., 5, 10,…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parenting Skills, Infants, Toddlers
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Dong, Shuyang; Dubas, Judith Semon; Dekovic, Maja; Wang, Zhengyan; van Aken, Marcel A. G.; Wu, Meng – Early Education and Development, 2022
This study investigated how parenting behaviors and child committed compliance predicted internalization of rules and externalizing behaviors throughout early childhood. Participants were 95 Chinese mother-child dyads. Maternal respect for autonomy and negative control were observed in free-plays at 14 and 25 months. Toddlers' committed compliance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parenting Styles, Child Behavior, Compliance (Psychology)
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Verhoeven, Marjolein; Junger, Marianne; van Aken, Chantal; Dekovic, Maja; van Aken, Marcel A. G. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2010
This study examined the effects of reported maternal and paternal support, psychological control, and spanking on externalizing behavior of toddler boys. Questionnaires were administered to both parents of 104 two-parent families with a 3-year-old son. Both maternal and paternal psychological control was related to boys' externalizing behavior.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Problems
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van den Akker, Alithe L.; Dekovic, Maja; Prinzie, Peter; Asscher, Jessica J. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
This study investigated the type and stability of temperament profiles in toddlers, and relations of profile probability to negative and positive parenting trajectories. Mothers (N = 96) rated their child's (41 girls and 54 boys) Sociability, Anger Proneness, and Activity Level four times during 1 year. The assessment of parenting included both…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship, Personality
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Verhoeven, Marjolein; Junger, Marianne; van Aken, Chantal; Dekovic, Maja; van Aken, Marcel A. G. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study examined the bidirectional relationship between parenting and boys' externalizing behaviors in a four-wave longitudinal study of toddlers. Participants were 104 intact two-parent families with toddler sons. When their sons were 17, 23, 29, and 35 months of age, mothers and fathers reported on a broad range of parenting dimensions…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Toddlers, Males, Parent Child Relationship
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Szabo, Nora; Dekovic, Maja; van Aken, Chantal; Verhoeven, Marjolein; van Aken, Marcel A. G.; Junger, Marianne – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
Negative behavior toward the mother during toddlerhood might be a marker of increased risk for maladjustment. The aim of the present study was to examine the possible antecedents of toddler boys' negative behavior observed in interaction with the mother: child temperament, and maternal behavior toward the child. We studied the moderating and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Behavior
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Verhoeven, Marjolein; Junger, Marianne; Van Aken, Chantal; Dekovic, Maja; Van Aken, Marcel A. G. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
The present study examines the contribution of parental, contextual, and child characteristics to parenting behavior during toddlerhood in 111 two-parent families with a 17-month-old son (M = 16.9 months, SD = 0.57). Parenting was conceptualized in terms of five dimensions: support, structure, positive discipline, psychological control, and…
Descriptors: Discipline, Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship