A New Measure of Toddler Parenting Practices and Associations with Attachment and Mothers' Sensitivity, Competence, and Enjoyment of Parenting

Autor/inn/en	Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J.; Webb, Haley J.; Thomas, Rae; Klag, Stefanie
Titel	A New Measure of Toddler Parenting Practices and Associations with Attachment and Mothers' Sensitivity, Competence, and Enjoyment of Parenting
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 185 (2015) 9, S.1422-1436 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2014.1001753
Schlagwörter	Self Determination; Child Rearing; Toddlers; Childhood Needs; Mothers; Parent Attitudes; Attachment Behavior; Questionnaires; Parent Child Relationship; Interaction; Emotional Response; Parenting Styles; Measurement Techniques; Competence; Observation; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstbestimmung; Kindererziehung; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Childhood; needs; Kindheit; Bedürfnis; Mother; Mutter; Elternverhalten; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Fragebogen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interaktion; Emotionales Verhalten; Messtechnik; Kompetenz; Beobachtung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Self-determination theorists argue that parents can support or thwart their children's psychological needs for relatedness, autonomy, and competence. The first aim of this study was to develop a measure to assess six dimensions of parenting theoretically linked to meeting toddlers' needs. The second aim was to examine the associations of these dimensions with mothers' sensitivity, attachment, and parenting attitudes. Participants were 61 mothers who expressed having parenting difficulties. Mothers completed questionnaires to assess their warmth, autonomy support, structure, rejection, coercion, and chaos, and self-reported their parenting competence and enjoyment. Mother-toddler interactions were observed to assess mothers' sensitivity, and attachment was assessed with the Strange Situation. Mothers who reported less coercion were more sensitive. Most parenting practices were associated with parents' perceptions of competence and enjoyment of parenting in the expected directions. Self-reported parenting was not associated with attachment, but greater sensitivity was observed among secure compared to insecure mother-toddler pairs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01