Understanding the Role of Parental Control in Early Childhood in the Context of U.S. Latino Families in the 21st Century

Benito‐Gomez, Marta

doi:10.3390/socsci11030096

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“…Thus, it did not appear that parental warmth significantly moderated the impact of intrusive parenting in Latinx DLL families. This contrasts with prior studies finding parental warmth to be a critical moderator of this relationship in certain samples (Benito-Gomez, 2020). Given that our sample is specially DLLs within the Latinx community, it is possible that these factors relate differently in our sample compared to others.…”

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“…Further, prior examinations in different Latinx samples have found parental warmth may be an additional moderator, such that intrusiveness is only neutral or beneficial when it is also practiced with high levels of warmth. In a study of Latinx toddlers, Benito-Gomez (2020) found that parental intrusiveness was only related to increased behavior problems in children whose mothers displayed low levels of warmth.…”

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Latinx dual language learners in the U.S.: Examining family context during early social emotional development.

Treviño¹,

Gerstein²

2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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Latinx dual language learners (DLLs) make up a large, growing population in the United States, yet little is known about their early childhood experiences, particularly regarding parenting, socioeconomic risk, and social emotional development (SED). This prospective, longitudinal study examined whether parental intrusiveness, parental stress, and parental warmth function differently in Latinx DLL families as compared to White monolingual (ML) families while controlling for relevant sociodemographic factors. Data were drawn from the Early Head Start (EHS) family and child experiences study, where White ML (n = 143) and Latinx DLL (n = 247) children and families were assessed at ages 2 and 3. Results indicated a significant interaction between Latinx DLL status and parental intrusiveness on behavior problems. Simple slopes indicated that greater intrusiveness was related to increased behavior problems for White ML families but was not related in Latinx DLL families. There was no significant interaction, however, between parental stress and Latinx DLL status on children’s SED. Further, parental warmth did not further moderate the relationship between parental intrusiveness and Latinx DLL status. Overall, there were both similarities and differences between Latinx DLLs and White MLs in both the prevalence of these characteristics and how they relate to child behavior. These results highlight the importance of considering contextual factors, such as ethnic culture and language status, when examining parenting in both clinical and research settings.

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Section: Family Factors Influencing Social Emotional Development In Dllsmentioning

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Latinx dual language learners in the U.S.: Examining family context during early social emotional development.

Treviño¹,

Gerstein²

2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Among Hispanic/Latino families, however, findings have been more mixed, with studies finding negative, nonexistent, or positive influences of intrusiveness on certain child markers, depending on important moderators such as acculturation (Ispa et al, 2004; Yomtov et al, 2015). In a recent study of this parenting dimension, Benito-Gomez (2020) examined how intrusiveness related to internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in Hispanic/Latino children at ages 14 and 24 months, as well as how parental warmth moderated this relation. She found that parental intrusiveness was only related to increased externalizing in children whose mothers displayed low levels of warmth.…”

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Contextualizing the role of intrusive parenting in toddler behavior problems and emotion regulation: Is more always worse?

Diemer¹,

Treviño²,

Gerstein³

2021

Developmental Psychology

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Intrusive parenting has been traditionally considered a negative parenting style and includes actions that are overly directive and controlling of children's behavior. However, current research aims to contextualize this parenting behavior. This study examined the relation between intrusive parenting and early childhood behavior problems or emotion regulation, as well as the moderating role of race/ethnicity and developmental delay. Participants (n = 511; 47.4% male) were part of a larger, longitudinal Early Head Start study, entitled Baby FACES, with a racially and ethnically diverse sample (40.1% White, 18.7% Black, and 41.2% Hispanic). Behavior problems and developmental delay were assessed via parent report, while parent intrusiveness and emotion regulation were rated by observers. More use of intrusive parenting at age 2 was associated with greater behavior problems and less emotion regulation at age 3. However, this relation was moderated by race/ethnicity and developmental level. Greater intrusiveness was related to increased behavior problems and poorer emotion regulation for White and Hispanic/ Latino families; they were unrelated in Black families. Similarly, although intrusive parenting and behavior problems were positively associated at all developmental levels, the relation was strongest for children with typical development. Further, fewer maternal risk factors, being female, and being Hispanic/Latino were associated with higher emotion regulation, and more risk factors were associated with more behavior problems. These findings highlight the importance of considering how a child's context and development interact with parenting style. Children may benefit from clinical assessment and intervention that considers this intersectionality.

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Capturing the complexity of child behavior and caregiver-child interactions in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study using a rigorous and equitable approach

Edwards,

Planalp,

Bosquet Enlow

et al. 2024

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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Understanding the Role of Parental Control in Early Childhood in the Context of U.S. Latino Families in the 21st Century

Cited by 6 publications

References 56 publications

Latinx dual language learners in the U.S.: Examining family context during early social emotional development.

Latinx dual language learners in the U.S.: Examining family context during early social emotional development.

Contextualizing the role of intrusive parenting in toddler behavior problems and emotion regulation: Is more always worse?

Capturing the complexity of child behavior and caregiver-child interactions in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study using a rigorous and equitable approach

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