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Sara K. Moon-Seo; Sonya E. Munsell; Namhee Kim – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
This qualitative study explored mothers' and fathers' perspectives on children's play through semi-structured interviews. Fifteen fathers and 19 mothers were interviewed using open-ended questions. Interviews were audio-recorded and analyzed using open coding. Several themes emerged related to the definition of play, use of play, play activities,…
Descriptors: Fathers, Mothers, Play, Children
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Schapira, Rotem; Bergman Deitcher, Deborah; Aram, Dorit – Journal of Research in Reading, 2021
Background: The current study provides information about differences in parent-child discourse during shared book reading (SBR) surrounding narrative and didactic book genres about 'positive' (e.g. love, happiness) and 'negative' (e.g. anger and sadness) emotions. Research shows that characteristics of different children's book genres impact…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Reading Aloud to Others, Psychological Patterns
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Cen-Yagiz, Suzan; Aytac, Berna – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2021
The current study aimed to assess the influence of learning disability (LD) symptoms on mother-child relationships using a multiple-informant approach. Children with LD aged between 7 and 14 (N = 90), their mothers, and teachers participated in the study. Mothers completed a sociodemographic information form, the Parent-Child Relationship Scale,…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Learning Disabilities, Children
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Freund, Jan-David – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Early temperament predicts various aspects of development. In large-scale studies, temperament is often assessed via parental report because naturalistic and structured observations are costly and bear the risk of subject loss. However, the validity of such parental reports has been disputed repeatedly. This article compared parental reports on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Parents, Personality Traits
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Tunkkari, Mari; Aunola, Kaisa; Hirvonen, Riikka; Silinskas, Gintautas; Kiuru, Noona – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
This study examined adolescent and maternal factors of the quality of maternal homework involvement and the extent to which the factors predicted adolescents' subsequent achievement through adolescents' and mothers' perceptions of the quality of maternal homework involvement. The sample consisted of 847 Finnish adolescents and their 662 mothers…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Homework
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Snyder, Greg; Williams, Molly Grace; Adams, Caroline; Blanchet, Paul – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: This study measured between-group differences in perceived speech skills and personality characteristics of a 12-year-old boy who stutters as a function of a factual stuttering disclosure statement, delivered by the boy who stutters, his "mother," or his "teacher." Method: Two hundred seventeen college-aged adults were…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Speech Skills, Personality Traits, Early Adolescents
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Song, Qingfang; Wang, Qi – Social Development, 2013
This study examined mother-child reminiscing about children's experiences with peers and its relation to children's peer-related self-views and social competence. Sixty-three mothers and their preschool-aged children discussed at home two specific past events involving the child and his or her peers, one event being positive and one negative. The…
Descriptors: Mothers, Peer Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Preschool Children
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Froyen, Laura C.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Bowles, Ryan P.; Blow, Adrian J.; Gerde, Hope K. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2013
The current study investigates associations among marital satisfaction, family emotional expressiveness, the home learning environment, and preschool-aged children's emergent literacy skills among 385 Midwestern mothers and their children. Path analyses examined how marital satisfaction related to emotional expressiveness in the home and whether…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Family Relationship, Emotional Response, Preschool Children