Stability and change in mothers' representations of their relationship with their toddlers.
Dev Psychol
; 35(4): 1038-47, 1999 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-10442872
This study examined several issues in the developmental dynamics of parents' representations of their relationship with their toddlers. The authors studied 125 mothers and their firstborn toddler sons over a 13-month period. Mothers took the Parent Development Interview twice, when children were 15 and 28 months of age. Home observations of parent-child interactions and maternal ratings of daily hassles were collected when children were 21 and 27 months of age. The 3 factors that characterized mothers' representations of their 15-month-old firstborn sons (Joy-Pleasure/Coherence, Anger, Guilt-Separation Distress) also fit the data very well for their 28-month-old sons. Although there were no changes in average levels of mothers' (a) joy, pleasure, and coherence and (b) guilt and separation distress from 15 to 28 months, there was a significant increase in mothers' levels of anger. Stability analyses suggested a dynamic relationship between mothers' representations of joy, pleasure, and coherence and of anger over the 13-month period. Finally, changes in mothers' representations were predictable by positive mothering (which led to increased joy, pleasure, and coherence) and by parenting daily hassles (which led to more anger).
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Desarrollo de la Personalidad
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Psicología Infantil
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Relaciones Madre-Hijo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dev Psychol
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos