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Chronological age, cognitions, and practices in European American mothers: A multivariate study of parenting.

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: The authors studied multiple parenting cognitions and practices in European American mothers (N=262) who ranged from 15 to 47 years of age. All were 1st-time parents of 20-month-old children. Some age effects were 0; others were linear or nonlinear. Nonlinear age effects determined by spline regression showed significant associations to a "knot" age (approximately 30 years), with little or no association afterward. For parenting cognitions and practices that are age-sensitive, a 2-phase model of parental development is proposed. The findings stress the importance of considering maternal chronological age as a factor in developmental study.

Source: Developmental Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.4.850

Authors: Marc H. Bornstein, Diane L. Putnick

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health

Award: G1667031398