We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Correlates of Positive Parenting Behaviors.
- Authors
Woodward, Kerri E.; Boeldt, Debra L.; Corley, Robin P.; DiLalla, Lisabeth; Friedman, Naomi P.; Hewitt, John K.; Mullineaux, Paula Y.; Robinson, JoAnn; Rhee, Soo Hyun
- Abstract
The present study examined the influence of maternal and child characteristics on parenting behaviors in a genetically informative study. The participants were 976 twins and their mothers from the Colorado Longitudinal Twin Study and the Twin Infant Project. Indicators of positive parenting were coded during parent-child interactions when twins were 7-36 months old. Child cognitive abilities and affection were independent correlates of positive parenting. There were significant gender differences in the magnitude of genetic and environmental influences on positive parenting, with shared environmental influences on parenting of girls and additive genetic influences on parenting of boys. Girls received significantly more positive parenting than boys. Differences in etiology of positive parenting may be explained by developmental gender differences in child cognitive abilities and affection, such that girls may have more rewarding interactions with parents, evoking more positive parenting.
- Subjects
PARENTING education; PARENT-child relationships; CHILD development; GENDER differences (Psychology); CHILD rearing
- Publication
Behavior Genetics, 2018, Vol 48, Issue 4, p283
- ISSN
0001-8244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10519-018-9906-2