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Caregivers' Executive Function and Negative Childrearing Practices: The Moderating Role of Authoritarian Childrearing
1Center for Children and Families Across Cultures, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Abstract:
In accord with social information processing theory, executive function and childrearing beliefs may play significant roles in preventing negative childrearing practices. Still, the interplay of these two components is not well understood. The current study tested the moderating role of authoritarian childrearing beliefs in the relation between caregiver executive function and negative childrearing practices. The sample included 50 predominantly low-income caregivers of children between 3 and 5 years of age. The results indicated that executive function was significantly and inversely related to inconsistent and hostile childrearing practices only among caregivers who reported high levels of authoritarian childrearing beliefs. Executive function and childrearing practices were unrelated among caregivers who reported low levels of authoritarian childrearing beliefs. The findings suggest that intervention programs for caregivers may need to target childrearing beliefs.
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