TY - JOUR
T1 - It takes more than one for parenting
T2 - How do maternal temperament and child's problem behaviors relate to maternal parenting behavior?
AU - Atzaba-Poria, Naama
AU - Deater-Deckard, Kirby
AU - Bell, Martha Ann
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the study participants and research staff. This research was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grants HD57319 and HD60110 . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NICHD or National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - The current study examined how individual differences in maternal temperament and child problem behaviors correlate with observed maternal positivity and negativity toward the child. The sample consisted of 153 mothers of 3-to-7. year old children. Mothers reported their own temperament (surgency, orienting sensitivity, effortful control and negative affect) and their children's problem behaviors. Maternal behavior was videotaped in a set of structured interaction tasks with the child during a lab visit. Results indicated that children's problem behaviors were related to less maternal positivity and more negativity. In addition, observed maternal negativity was associated with less maternal effortful control and more negative affect. In contrast, maternal temperament was unrelated to observed maternal positivity toward the child. Furthermore, maternal temperament was related to mothers' positivity and negativity but only for children high in problem behaviors. The findings implicate that child problem behaviors may interact with maternal temperament in explaining variance in caregiving positivity and negativity.
AB - The current study examined how individual differences in maternal temperament and child problem behaviors correlate with observed maternal positivity and negativity toward the child. The sample consisted of 153 mothers of 3-to-7. year old children. Mothers reported their own temperament (surgency, orienting sensitivity, effortful control and negative affect) and their children's problem behaviors. Maternal behavior was videotaped in a set of structured interaction tasks with the child during a lab visit. Results indicated that children's problem behaviors were related to less maternal positivity and more negativity. In addition, observed maternal negativity was associated with less maternal effortful control and more negative affect. In contrast, maternal temperament was unrelated to observed maternal positivity toward the child. Furthermore, maternal temperament was related to mothers' positivity and negativity but only for children high in problem behaviors. The findings implicate that child problem behaviors may interact with maternal temperament in explaining variance in caregiving positivity and negativity.
KW - Adult temperament
KW - Child problem behavior
KW - Moderation effect
KW - Parenting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84901999600&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.05.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901999600
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 69
SP - 81
EP - 86
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -