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Nature and nurturing: parenting in the context of child temperament

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Kiff, Cara J., Lengua, Liliana J., Zalewski, Maureen·2011·Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

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Accounting for both bidirectional and interactive effects between parenting and child temperament can fine-tune theoretical models of the role of parenting and temperament in children's development of adjustment problems. Evidence for bidirectional and interactive effects between parenting and children's characteristics of frustration, fear, self-regulation, and impulsivity was reviewed, and an overall model of children's individual differences in response to parenting is proposed. In general, children high in frustration, impulsivity and low in effortful control are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of negative parenting, while in turn, many negative parenting behaviors predict increases in these characteristics. Frustration, fearfulness, and effortful control also appear to elicit parenting behaviors that can predict increases in these characteristics. Irritability renders children more susceptible to negative parenting behaviors. Fearfulness operates in a very complex manner, sometimes increasing children's responses to parenting behaviors and sometimes mitigating them and apparently operating differently across gender. Important directions for future research include the use of study designs and analytic approaches that account for the direction of effects and for developmental changes in parenting and temperament over time.

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Authors
Kiff, C. J., Lengua, L. J., & Zalewski, M.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Lengua, Liliana J.
Venue
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
Published
2011-04-02
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
251-301
ISSN
  • 1096-4037 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2827
OpenAlex
W1971476163
Cited by
658
References
258
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD054465)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
Keywords
parenting, child temperament, bidirectional effects, interaction effects, frustration, fearfulness, effortful control, impulsivity, self-regulation, negative parenting, irritability, child adjustment problems, individual differences, gender differences
MeSH terms
Child, Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Temperament, Parenting

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