Transactions Between Child Social Wariness and Observed Structured Parenting: Evidence From a Prospective Adoption Study
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This investigation examined the mutual influences between structured parenting and child social wariness during toddlerhood using a longitudinal adoption design. The sample consisted of 361 adoption-linked families, each including an adopted child, adoptive parents, and a birth mother. Heightened social wariness in children at age 18 months predicted reduced levels of observed structured parenting (i.e., less directive parenting with fewer commands and requests) in adoptive mothers at age 27 months. Adoptive fathers' lower structured parenting at age 18 months predicted subsequent elevation in child social wariness. Birth mothers' history of fear-related anxiety disorders was not associated with child social wariness. Findings highlight the role of dynamic family transactions in the development of social wariness during toddlerhood.
Source: Child Development
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12070
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Institute of Development Administration, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Pakistan
Awards: Family and Peer Processes and G-E Interplay in Middle School: An Adoption Study, The Early Growth and Development Study: Family Process, Genes and School Entry, Gene-Environment Interplay and Development of Psychiatric Symptoms in Children, Genes, Prenatal Drug Exposure, and the Postnatal Environment: An Adoption Study
OpenAlex ID: W1980862912