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Bidirectional Relationship between Positive Parenting Behavior and Children's Self-Regulation: A Three-Wave
Su Wang1, Xiaosong Gai1,2
1School of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, China.
Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 22, 2024
Summary
Children's self-regulation and positive parenting mutually influence each other in early childhood. This reciprocal relationship, particularly between inhibitory control and parental warmth/autonomy support, was observed but diminished over time.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Child Development
- Parenting Studies
Background:
- Self-regulation is crucial for children's social and academic success.
- Positive parenting encompasses warmth, structure, and autonomy support, fostering child development.
- Understanding the interplay between child self-regulation and parenting is vital for early intervention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the bidirectional relationship between children's self-regulation and positive parenting behaviors.
- To examine how specific aspects of self-regulation (inhibitory control, delayed waiting) interact with parenting dimensions (warmth, structure, autonomy support).
- To analyze the temporal dynamics of these interactions in 3-year-old children.
Main Methods:
- A longitudinal, cross-lagged panel design was employed.
- Data were collected from 84 children aged 3 years across three time points per year.
- Measures included individual assessments of hot and cool self-regulation and parent-reported positive parenting behaviors (warmth, structure, autonomy support).
Main Results:
- Bidirectional relationships were found between children's inhibitory control and parental positive parenting.
- Children's inhibitory control and parental autonomy support showed a reciprocal relationship.
- Parental warmth exhibited a cross-lagged effect with children's inhibitory control, and children's inhibitory control predicted parental structure.
- The observed relationships faded over the study period.
Conclusions:
- Children's self-regulation and positive parenting exhibit a dynamic, reciprocal influence in early development.
- Specific parenting behaviors, like autonomy support and structure, are influenced by children's developing self-regulatory skills.
- The findings highlight the importance of the parent-child dyadic system in shaping early development, though these effects may be transient.
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