Maternal autonomy support and intrusive control in the United States and China: Moment-to-moment associations with preschoolers’ agency and defeat.
Xi Chen,
Nancy L. McElwain,
Eva M. Pomerantz
et al.
Abstract:This study examines the moment-to-moment within-person associations between maternal and child behaviors during a challenging puzzle task and compares these associations between mother-child dyads from the United States (n = 99, 52 boys, M child age = 56.05 months, SD = 6.44) and China (n = 101, 46 boys, M child age = 57.41 months, SD = 6.58). Maternal autonomy support and intrusive control and child agency and defeat were rated in 15-s intervals by native and bicultural coders. Country was examined as a moder… Show more
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