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The development of children's inhibition: Does parenting matter?
Roskam, I.; Stievenart, Marie; Meunier, J.-C. et al.
2014In Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 122 (1), p. 166-182
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Keywords :
Accelerated design; Executive functioning; Growth curve; Inhibition; Monitoring; Parenting; Age Factors; Child; Child Development; Executive Function; Father-Child Relations; Female; Humans; Inhibition (Psychology); Male; Mother-Child Relations; Psychological Tests; Questionnaires
Abstract :
[en] Whereas a large body of research has investigated the maturation of inhibition in relation to the prefrontal cortex, far less research has been devoted to environmental factors that could contribute to inhibition improvement. The aim of the current study was to test whether and to what extent parenting matters for inhibition development from 2 to 8. years of age. Data were collected from 421 families, with 348 mother-child dyads and 342 father-child dyads participating. Children's inhibition capacities and parenting behaviors were assessed in a three-wave longitudinal data collection. The main analyses examined the impact of parenting on the development of children's inhibition capacities. They were conducted using a multilevel modeling (MLM) framework. The results lead to the conclusion that both mothers and fathers contribute through their child-rearing behavior to their children's executive functioning, even when controlling for age-related improvement (maturation) and important covariates such as gender, verbal IQ, and place of enrollment. More significant relations between children's inhibition development and parenting were displayed for mothers than for fathers. More precisely, parenting behaviors that involve higher monitoring, lower discipline, inconsistency and negative controlling, and a positive parenting style are associated with good development of inhibition capacities in children. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Roskam, I.;  Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Stievenart, Marie ;  Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > Psychological Sciences Research Institute
Meunier, J.-C.;  Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Noël, M.-P.;  Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
The development of children's inhibition: Does parenting matter?
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
ISSN :
0022-0965
eISSN :
1096-0457
Publisher :
Elsevier, Atlanta, United States - New York
Volume :
122
Issue :
1
Pages :
166-182
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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