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Raising Grateful Children One Day at a Time
Andrea M Hussong1, Hillary A Langley2, William A Rothenberg1
1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Applied Developmental Science
|January 28, 2020
Summary
Parents
Area of Science:
- Child Development
- Social Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Gratitude socialization is crucial for children's socio-emotional development.
- Understanding the micro-developmental processes of gratitude is essential.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between parents' daily gratitude socialization practices and children's gratitude displays.
- To examine both between-dyad and within-dyad effects of gratitude socialization.
Main Methods:
- 101 parent-child dyads participated in a baseline lab visit and a seven-day diary study.
- Multi-level modeling was used to analyze the data.
- Parental gratitude socialization acts and children's gratitude displays were the primary measures.
Main Results:
- Parents engaging in more frequent gratitude socialization reported more frequent gratitude displays by their children.
- Increased daily gratitude socialization acts by parents were associated with relative increases in children's gratitude displays.
- Both between-dyad and within-dyad effects were significant.
Conclusions:
- Parental gratitude socialization significantly influences children's displayed gratitude.
- Micro-developmental processes in parent-child interactions are key to fostering gratitude.
- Future research should explore reactive/proactive interactions and macro-developmental links.
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