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Childhood self-regulation as a mechanism through which early overcontrolling parenting is associated with adjustment in preadolescence

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Perry, Nicole B., Dollar, Jessica M., Calkins, Susan D., Keane, Susan P., Shanahan, Lilly·2018·Developmental Psychology

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We examined longitudinal associations across an 8-year time span between overcontrolling parenting during toddlerhood, self-regulation during early childhood, and social, emotional, and academic adjustment in preadolescence (N = 422). Overcontrolling parenting, emotion regulation (ER), and inhibitory control (IC) were observed in the laboratory; preadolescent adjustment was teacher-reported and child self-reported. Results from path analysis indicated that overcontrolling parenting at age 2 was associated negatively with ER and IC at age 5, which, in turn, were associated with more child-reported emotional and school problems, fewer teacher-reported social skills, and less teacher-reported academic productivity at age 10. These effects held even when controlling for prior levels of adjustment at age 5, suggesting that ER and IC in early childhood may be associated with increases and decreases in social, emotional, and academic functioning from childhood to preadolescence. Finally, indirect effects from overcontrolling parenting at age 2 to preadolescent outcomes at age 10 were significant, both through IC and ER at age 5. These results support the notion that parenting during toddlerhood is associated with child adjustment into adolescence through its relation with early developing self-regulatory skills. (PsycINFO Database Record

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  • There are fewer regulatory strategies to be called upon when the child is without caregiver assistance.

    “Consequently, there are fewer regulatory strategies to be called upon when the child is without caregiver assistance (Perry et al., 2018).”

    From A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression (2022) · cites this paper as Perry et al., 2018

    In “The Role of Parenting in the Development of Self-Regulatory Skills,” the paper says that overcontrolling parenting limits opportunities to practice regulation and that fewer strategies *may* be internalized or available without caregiver assistance. The citing sentence presents that qualified possibility as a certainty. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Restriction of exposure to challenges by intervening before a child has struggled or failed undermines the child's effort to establish healthy regulatory strategies.

    “The restriction of exposure to challenges by intervening before a child has struggled or failed undermines the child's effort to establish healthy regulatory strategies (Perry et al., 2018).”

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  1. Calkins SD Perry NB Dollar JM 2016 A biopsychosocial model of the development of self-regulation in infancy Balter L Tamis-LeMonda C Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues 3 3rd 3 20 Routledge New York, NY
  2. Goldsmith HH Rothbart MK 1993 The laboratory temperament assessment battery: Locomotor Version 2.02 (LAB-TAB) Madison University of Wisconsin Press

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Authors
Perry, N. B., Dollar, J. M., Calkins, S. D., Keane, S. P., & Shanahan, L.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • University of Zurich (CH)
Venue
Developmental Psychology
Published
2018-08
Volume
54
Issue
8
Pages
1542-1554
ISSN
  • 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0599
OpenAlex
W2809043938
Cited by
105
References
79
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 2
FWCI
9.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH 55625, MH 55584, MH 74077, MH 58144)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
Keywords
emotion regulation, inhibitory control, social adaptation, emotional adjustment, academic adjustment, toddlerhood, parenting styles
MeSH terms
Self-Control, Academic Success, Child, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Social Adjustment, Parenting, Executive Function, Emotional Intelligence, Social Skills

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