Parental Psychological Autonomy and Children's Academic Competence and Behavioral Adjustment in Late Childhood: More Than Just Limit-Setting and Warmth

Mattanah, Jonathan F.

doi:10.1353/mpq.2001.0017

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“…This validated the notion that fatherchild play, likely characterized by reciprocity (Grusec & Davidov, 2010), mutual compliance (Lindsey et al, 2010), and horizontal in nature (Russell et al, 1998), sets the stage for the optimal socioemotional development of children (Bögeis, & Phares, 2008;Mattanah, 2001;Roggman et a!., 2004). Just as greater father involvement in play was linked to relative declines in teacher-reported child internalizing behaviors in the context of supportive coparenting behavior, fathers' subsequent involvement in play was lower when their children had higher initial levels of teacherreported internalizing behaviors, which is consistent with transactional perspectives (Patterson, 2002;Sameroff, 1975).…”

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Transactional relations between father involvement and preschoolers' socioemotional adjustment.

Jia¹,

Kotila²,

Schoppe‐Sullivan³

2012

Journal of Family Psychology

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Children's socioemotional development is child as well as parent driven. Yet, transactional frameworks are rarely applied to studies of father-child relations. This study examined reciprocal associations between father involvement in play and caregiving and children's adjustment and tested supportive coparenting behavior as a moderator of these associations. One hundred twelve families participated in a 1-year longitudinal study. Fathers reported on their involvement and mothers and teachers reported on preschoolers' behavior at two time points, and supportive coparenting behavior was observed at the second time point. Results showed that father involvement in play predicted relative decreases in externalizing behaviors, and also relative decreases in internalizing behaviors and relative increases in social competence at school only when accompanied by supportive coparenting behavior; reciprocally, fathers showed relative reductions in their play with children initially high in internalizing behaviors perceived by teachers. Father involvement in caregiving predicted relative increases in children's internalizing behaviors, but reciprocal effects indicated that these associations may be driven by children. The presence of reciprocal associations between father involvement and child behaviors that differed for play and caregiving domains and were moderated by supportive coparenting behavior suggests the importance of a transactional, domain-specific, and systemic approach to understanding father-child relations and the implementation of relevant intervention practices.

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Section: Transactional Associations Between Father Involvement and Chsupporting

confidence: 59%

Transactional relations between father involvement and preschoolers' socioemotional adjustment.

Jia¹,

Kotila²,

Schoppe‐Sullivan³

2012

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…The scale of punishment used in this study measured five degrees of externalized parental punishment responses, including two forms of punishment with physical characteristics. Findings revealed a consistent positive relationship between authoritarian parenting and punitive parental style relating to most variables of anxiety measured and which may integrate with previous research linking cold, rigid and over-controlling parenting styles with anxieties in children (Mattanah, 2001;Hudson & Rapee , 2001;Wolfradt, Hempel, & Miles, 2003;Ginsburdg, Hopkins, Siqueland, Masia-Waener, & Hedtke, 2004;Ginsburdg, Hopkins, Siqueland, Masia-Waener, & Hedtke, 2004;Gershoff et al, 2010).…”

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Corporal Punishment as a Parental Practice and Anxiety in Pre-adolescent Children

Yaffe¹,

Burg²

2014

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Corporal punishment is the physical punitive measures of parents against children with devastating consequences when bordering on child abuse. This has even led to legislation against corporal punishment while controversy and criticism divides researchers and practitioners as to the prohibition against moderate and functional corporal punishment which may act as an effective method of education. Limited research exists on corporal punishment and its effect on the emotional aspects of children and investigation is required due its inherent and immense cultural importance. We studied the relationship between corporal punishment in the context of parenting style and anxieties in pre-adolescent children from northern Israel (age= 11.5 ± 0.56 yrs, n = 101). A positive association between general level of parental punishment and elevated anxieties was elucidated, mainly for the children of authoritarian parents. In addition, within this group children who experienced high levels of corporal punishment were more anxious. In contrast, this was not observed in children of authoritative parents. Results reported here indicate the apparent moderating role parenting style has on corporal punishment in the context of anxieties in children and conclude that while high level of corporal punishment is harmful, moderate corporal punishment may be harmless to children in specific parenting contexts.

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“…Research has mainly focused on parental practices such as warmth, responsiveness, involvement (Grolnick & Ryan, 1989;Maccoby & Martin, 1983;Mattanah, 2001;Puustinen, Lyyra, Metsapelto, & Pulkkinen, 2008), structure (Grolnick, Deci, & Ryan, 1997), and autonomy support (Assor, Kaplan, & Roth, 2002;Grolnick et al, 1991;Roth, Assor, Kanat-Maymon, & Kaplan, 2007;.…”

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Mothers' parenting practices and adolescents' learning from their mistakes in class: The mediating role of adolescent's self-disclosure

Roth¹,

Ron²,

Benita³

2009

Learning and Instruction

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Parental Psychological Autonomy and Children's Academic Competence and Behavioral Adjustment in Late Childhood: More Than Just Limit-Setting and Warmth

Cited by 56 publications

References 34 publications

Transactional relations between father involvement and preschoolers' socioemotional adjustment.

Transactional relations between father involvement and preschoolers' socioemotional adjustment.

Corporal Punishment as a Parental Practice and Anxiety in Pre-adolescent Children

Mothers' parenting practices and adolescents' learning from their mistakes in class: The mediating role of adolescent's self-disclosure

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