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Predicting the quality of parenting from mother-toddler coping patterns
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PREDICTING THE QUALITY OF PARENTING FROM MOTHER-TODDLER COPING PATTERNS Keith Crnic, Becky L. Spritz, & Jay Belsky 612 Moore Building Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 The study explored the association between early mother-child regulatory styles and parenting by examining the relations between mother-toddler coping patterns and later maternal parenting behaviors. The sample consisted of 66 mother-child dyads. All offspring were males and the majority of the sample was Caucasian. Dyadic coping was assessed from mother and child coping behaviors during a stressful laboratory situation when the child was 18 months of age. Subsequently, the quality of maternal parenting was assessed from naturalistic observations conducted in the families’ homes when the children were 2 1,27, and 33 months of age. Preliminary results suggest individual patterns of dyadic coping are differentially related to ratings of the mother’s positive and negative parenting at home. The results are discussed in terms of the bi-directional effects of early regulatory processes, with implications for models of the development of coping.
PREDICTING THE QUALITY OF PARENTING FROM MOTHER-TODDLER COPING PATTERNS Keith Crnic, Becky L. Spritz, & Jay Belsky 612 Moore Building Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 The study explored the association between early mother-child regulatory styles and parenting by examining the relations between mother-toddler coping patterns and later maternal parenting behaviors. The sample consisted of 66 mother-child dyads. All offspring were males and the majority of the sample was Caucasian. Dyadic coping was assessed from mother and child coping behaviors during a stressful laboratory situation when the child was 18 months of age. Subsequently, the quality of maternal parenting was assessed from naturalistic observations conducted in the families’ homes when the children were 2 1,27, and 33 months of age. Preliminary results suggest individual patterns of dyadic coping are differentially related to ratings of the mother’s positive and negative parenting at home. The results are discussed in terms of the bi-directional effects of early regulatory processes, with implications for models of the development of coping.