Longitudinal links between maternal parenting behaviors in early childhood and academic outcomes and mother-child relationship quality in middle childhood

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Erin Harmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Academic Confidence ◽  
Maternal Parenting ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
5Th Grade ◽  
Maternal Intrusiveness

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goals of this study were to examine longitudinal relations between maternal parenting behaviors when children were kindergarten age and children's academic success and academic confidence in middle childhood. Direct and mediated relations between mothers' supportiveness and intrusiveness when children were kindergarten age, and mother-child relationship quality and children's academic outcomes at 5th grade were examined. Participants included 2,985 mothers and their children from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project; 42% were European American, 39% were African American, and 19% were Mexican American. Maternal intrusiveness when children were kindergarten-age negatively predicted children's academic confidence and academic success in 5th grade. Maternal supportiveness when children were kindergarten age was positively related to children's academic success in 5th grade at the trend level. The discussion focuses on maternal intrusiveness as a modest predictor of children's academic outcomes longitudinally and its implications for mother-child dyads.

Effects of Maternal Parenting and Mother-Child Relationship Quality on Short-Term Longitudinal Change in Self-Regulation in Early Adolescence

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 618-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin L. Moilanen ◽  
Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Longitudinal Change ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Relational Context ◽  
Maternal Parenting ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Maternal Discipline

The purpose of the present study was to explore the degree to which short-term longitudinal change in adolescent self-regulation was attributable to maternal parenting and mother-child relationship quality. A total of 821 mother-adolescent dyads provided data in the 1992 and 1994 waves of the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 (52.5% male; 24.2% Hispanic, 36.7% African American, 39.1% European American; adolescents’ initial age range = 10-12 years). Consistent with hypotheses, longitudinal improvements in young adolescents’ self-regulation were associated with high levels of mother-child relationship quality and low levels of maternal discipline. The association between self-regulation in 1992 and 1994 was moderated by child sex and maternal discipline. Thus, this study provides further evidence favoring the exploration of the parent-child relational context in addition to discrete parenting behaviors in studies on self-regulation during the early adolescent years.

Influences on Sibling Relations in Families with Married and Divorced Parents

1988 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-477
Author(s):  
CAROL E. MacKINNON
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Sibling Relations ◽  
Family Form ◽  
Sibling Interaction ◽  
Sibling Interactions ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Two regression analyses were performed that tested the relationships between the amount of negative sibling interaction and the amount of positive sibling interaction and measures of relationship quality and family form. When measures of husband-wife, mother-child, and father-child relationship quality were controlled, marital status was not significantly related to either measure of sibling interactions. However, when the marital status of the parents (family form) was controlled, both the quality of husband-wife relationship and the quality of mother-child relationship were positively related to positive sibling interaction and negatively related to negative sibling interaction. Regardless of family form, the quality of other relationships in the family were important predictors of sibling interactions.

Kirogi Women’s Psychological Well-Being: The Relative Contributions of Marital Quality, Mother–Child Relationship Quality, and Youth’s Educational Adjustment

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther S. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

The current study is based on the responses of 153 married Korean mothers accompanying their youth in the United States or in New Zealand while their spouses remained in Korea. Kirogi means “wild geese” in Korean and has come to refer to split-family transnational living for the sake of children’s education. Spillover, or a positive correlation, between indicators assessing marital and parent–child relationship quality was tested within the transnational family context. It was also hypothesized that mother–child relationship quality and youth’s educational progress would be positively and uniquely predictive of indicators of maternal well-being when compared with marital quality due to education-focused Confucian values among Koreans. Results indicated positive correlations between indicators of marital and parent–child relationship quality; and only measures of marital quality had unique associations with maternal well-being.

The quality of the mother–child relationship in high-risk dyads: Application of the Emotional Availability Scales in an intergenerational, longitudinal study

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale M. Stack ◽  
Lisa A. Serbin ◽  
Nadine Girouard ◽  
Leah N. Enns ◽  
Vivianne M. N. Bentley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Emotional Availability ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Parental History ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

AbstractThe present research examined how family psychosocial risk may be associated with emotional availability (EA) across age and time in two longitudinal, intergenerational studies with high-risk, disadvantaged mother–child dyads. Study 1 examined dyads during preschool and middle childhood. Study 2 examined a different sample of dyads, tested intensively at five time points (6, 12, and 18 months; preschool; and school age). Across studies, maternal childhood histories of aggression and social withdrawal predicted negative EA (higher levels of maternal hostility) during mother–child interactions at preschool age. In Study 1, mothers with higher levels of social withdrawal during childhood had preschoolers who were less appropriately responsive to and involving of their mothers during interactions. In Study 2, higher levels of observed appropriate maternal structuring predicted child responsiveness while observed maternal sensitivity (and structuring) predicted observed child involvement. More maternal social support and better home environment combined with lower stress predicted better mother–child relationship quality. Findings contribute to the burgeoning literature on EA by focusing on a high-risk community sample across time and generations. Results are interpreted in light of the developmental psychopathology framework, and have implications for a broader understanding of how EA is related to parental history and personal characteristics, as well as ongoing family and environmental context.

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