Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Mother-child discourse, attachment security, shared positive affect, and early conscience development.

D J Laible1, R A Thompson

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68502, USA. dlaible@unlserve.unl.edu

Child Development
|December 7, 2000
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Body rate decoupling using haltere mid-stroke measurements for inertial flight stabilization in Diptera.

Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology·2008
Same author

Role of migratory birds in introduction and range expansion of Ixodes scapularis ticks and of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Canada.

Applied and environmental microbiology·2008
Same author

The rope trick.

Eating disorders·2006
Same author

Network analysis of Danish cattle industry trade patterns as an evaluation of risk potential for disease spread.

Preventive veterinary medicine·2006
Same author

Ixodes scapularis ticks collected by passive surveillance in Canada: analysis of geographic distribution and infection with Lyme borreliosis agent Borrelia burgdorferi.

Journal of medical entomology·2006
Same author

Investigation of ground level and remote-sensed data for habitat classification and prediction of survival of Ixodes scapularis in habitats of southeastern Canada.

Journal of medical entomology·2006

Secure parent-child relationships foster early conscience development. Supportive conversations about emotions and behavior, particularly within secure attachments, enhance children's moral understanding and internalization.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Attachment Theory
  • Moral Development

Background:

  • Parental discipline, maternal emotion discourse, and autobiographical memory literature suggest a link between parent-child interactions and early conscience.
  • A supportive relationship context is crucial for this developmental process.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of parent-child discourse within supportive relationships in early conscience development.
  • To examine how attachment security influences these interactions and subsequent moral development.

Main Methods:

  • Forty-two preschool children and their mothers participated in a laboratory session and home-based assessments.
  • Mothers discussed child's good and bad behavior, with conversations coded for references to feelings, rules, consequences, and moral evaluatives.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Attachment security was measured using the Attachment Q-Set; children completed internalization and compliance tasks.

    • Main Results:

    • Attachment security positively predicted maternal and child references to feelings and moral evaluatives.
    • Attachment security, shared positive affect, and maternal emotion/moral references predicted aspects of early conscience development.

    Conclusions:

    • Secure attachment relationships are foundational for developing early conscience.
    • Supportive parent-child discourse, rich in emotional and moral content, significantly contributes to a child's internalization of values and moral understanding.