The Interplay of Maternal Sensitivity and Gentle Control When Predicting Children's Subsequent Academic Functioning: Evidence of Mediation by Effortful Control

Autor/inn/en	Kopystynska, Olena; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Seay, Danielle M.; Eisenberg, Nancy
Titel	The Interplay of Maternal Sensitivity and Gentle Control When Predicting Children's Subsequent Academic Functioning: Evidence of Mediation by Effortful Control
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 52 (2016) 6, S.909-921 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000122
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Child Rearing; Self Control; Young Children; Age Differences; Structural Equation Models; Parenting Styles; Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; Hypothesis Testing; Observation; Questionnaires; Factor Analysis; Gender Differences; Student Behavior; Student Adjustment; Academic Achievement; Multivariate Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Maximum Likelihood Statistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Kindererziehung; Selbstbeherrschung; Frühe Kindheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Beobachtung; Fragebogen; Faktorenanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Schulleistung; Multivariate Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The goal of this work was to examine the complex interrelation of mothers' early gentle control and sensitivity in predicting children's effortful control (EC) and academic functioning. Maternal gentle control, maternal sensitivity, and children's EC were measured when children were 18, 30, and 42 months of age (T1, T2, and T3, respectively), and measures of children's academic functioning were combined across 72 and 84 months (T5/T6; Ns = 255, 222, 200, 162, and 143). Using structural equation modeling, results demonstrated that T1 maternal sensitivity moderated the relation between T1 maternal gentle control and T2 EC, and T3 EC predicted children's later academic functioning. There was evidence for moderated mediation, such that when maternal sensitivity was high, children's EC mediated the relation between T1 maternal gentle control and children's academic functioning, even after controlling for stability of the constructs. The relation between maternal gentle control and children's EC was not significant under conditions of low maternal sensitivity. Implications for parenting programs are offered and future research directions are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01