Intergenerational Continuity in Parenting Quality: The Mediating Role of Social Competence

Autor/inn/en	Shaffer, Anne; Burt, Keith B.; Obradovic, Jelena; Herbers, Janette E.; Masten, Ann S.
Titel	Intergenerational Continuity in Parenting Quality: The Mediating Role of Social Competence
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 45 (2009) 5, S.1227-1240 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0015361
Schlagwörter	Child Rearing; Parent Child Relationship; Interpersonal Competence; Role; Path Analysis; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Intervention; Parenting Skills; Intelligence Quotient; Socioeconomic Status; Personality; Evaluation Methods; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindererziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Rollen; Pfadanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Intelligenzquotient; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Personalität; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Prospective studies of intergenerational continuity in parenting quality remain scarce, with little attention given to the potential role of social competence as a mediator of continuity. This study examined social competence as a mediator in the pathway from 1st generation (G1) to 2nd generation (G2) parenting quality. A normative sample of children and their parents were assessed in childhood, and again 10 and 20 years later. Parenting quality of G1 parents was assessed at each time point with multiple informants, as was G2 social competence. G2 parenting was assessed at the 20-year follow-up for those who were parents. The mediational role of social competence in G1 to G2 parenting quality was tested via nested path analytic models, accounting for continuity and cross-domain relations. Social competence mediated the intergenerational relation of parenting quality; results were invariant across gender and ethnic minority status and were unchanged after controlling for age, IQ, socioeconomic status, rule-abiding conduct, and personality (i.e., constraint). The authors discuss results regarding developmental theories of close relationships and the potential for cascading benefits within and across generations from interventions to improve G1 parenting or G2 social competence. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10