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- Title
Matching parenting to child temperament.
- Authors
Hemphill, Sheryl; Sanson, Ann
- Abstract
This article speculates on the role that child temperament and parenting style play in the development of later behavioural and emotional problems. Recent findings from the Social Development Project suggest that both factors are important influences on child adjustment, and that the "best" style of parenting may differ for children with different temperaments. In order to identify children at risk of difficulties, and to intervene effectively, an understanding of the factors influencing the development of children's behavioural problems is vital. Two of the main factors implicated in the development of behavioural problems are child temperament and parenting. Each session in the playroom was videotaped and later coded to indicate how the parents interacted with their children (for example, comforts, encourages, controls, plays), as well as the child's style of behaving (for example, mood, activity level, how long the child sticks to one activity, how strongly the child reacts to events, how close the child stays to parent, how long it takes the child to play with a novel toy), and adjustment (for example, how often the child disobeys parent, how often the child hurts another child, whether the child watches other children play without joining in). INSET: Social Development Project..
- Subjects
PARENTING; CHILD rearing; PARENT-child relationships; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation in children; CHILD psychology; CHILD development
- Publication
Family Matters, 2001, Issue 59, p42
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article