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The interplay between parenting and temperament in associations with children's executive function.
Jennifer H Suor1, Melissa L Sturge-Apple2, Patrick T Davies2
1Department of Psychiatry.
Summary
Guided learning positively impacts children's executive function. Child temperament traits like surgency and negative emotionality can influence this relationship, aligning with developmental theories.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Child Psychology
- Parenting Studies
Background:
- Parenting styles significantly influence child development.
- Executive function (EF) is crucial for cognitive and social-emotional development.
- Understanding how specific parenting domains interact with child temperament is key.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the unique associations between guided learning, reciprocity, and control parenting domains and children's executive function.
- To examine if child surgency and negative emotionality temperament traits moderate these associations, consistent with differential susceptibility theory.
Main Methods:
- A sample of 160 mothers and their 5-year-old children participated.
- Parenting domains and children's executive function were assessed.
- Moderation analyses were conducted to test the influence of temperament traits.
Main Results:
- Guided learning showed a positive and unique association with children's executive function.
- Child surgency moderated the guided learning-executive function link, supporting differential susceptibility.
- Child negative emotionality moderated the control-executive function link, aligning with the vantage sensitivity model.
Conclusions:
- Guided learning is a key parenting practice for enhancing executive function in young children.
- Child temperament plays a differential role in how parenting affects executive function.
- Findings contribute to understanding the nuanced interplay between parenting, temperament, and executive function development.