A Reinterpretation of the Direction of Effects in Studies of Socialization

BELL, R.Q.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-006882-4.50019-0

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“…Since Bell (1968) first argued that children directly and indirectly influence their parents, researchers have studied such child characteristics as sex, birth order, and temperament as predictors of parent-child interaction, parenting behaviors, and parenting beliefs (Levy-Shiff, 1994;NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000;Kelley, Smith, & Green, 1998). For example, some research suggests that fathers are more engaged with their sons than with their daughters, particularly as children age (Parke, 2002).…”

Section: Children's Contributions To Father-child Interactionmentioning

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Understanding Positive Father-Child Interaction: Children's, Fathers', and Mothers' Contributions

Holmes¹,

Huston²

2010

Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Me

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Guided by a systemic ecological framework for father involvement, we investigate children 's, mothers', and fathers' contributions to observed father-child interaction. Analyses of 586 married resident fathers, their wives, and a target first-grade child (participants in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care) demonstrate that an additive model of father involvement accounts for the quality of father-child interaction better than a model which focuses on only one component of the system. Father parenting beliefs, child language skills, child social skills, maternal employment, and dyadic mother-child interaction quality each additively and significantly contribute to positive father-child interaction. Father average income and education levels relate to dyadic interaction, but individual and family characteristics account for their effects. Moderational analyses resulted in a significant interaction between father parenting beliefs and child social skills, providing preliminary support for the systemic ecological assumption that father-child interaction is better understood in a model that is not only additive but also interactive.

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Section: Children's Contributions To Father-child Interactionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Understanding Positive Father-Child Interaction: Children's, Fathers', and Mothers' Contributions

Holmes¹,

Huston²

2010

Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Me

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“…Prior research has also highlighted the role of child-driven effects on parenting (Bell, 1968) and of bi-directional effects between parents and children (Hipwell et al, 2008; Larsson, Viding, Rijsdijk, & Plomin, 2008; Pardini, Fite, & Burke, 2008). Child-driven effects on parenting may function via evocative r GE (i.e., children evoke reactions from others that are consistent with their genetic predispositions; Plomin, DeFries, & Loehlin, 1977; Scarr & McCartney, 1983).…”

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Birth and Adoptive Parent Antisocial Behavior and Parenting: A Study of Evocative Gene–Environment Correlation

Klahr¹,

Burt

Leve³

et al. 2016

Child Development

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Negative parenting is shaped by the genetically-influenced characteristics of children (via evocative rGE) and by parental antisocial behavior, however, it is unclear how these factors jointly impact parenting. The current study examined the effects of birth parent and adoptive parent antisocial behavior on negative parenting. Participants included 546 families within a prospective adoption study. Adoptive parent antisocial behavior emerged as a small but significant predictor of negative parenting at 18 months and of change in parenting from 18 to 27 months. Birth parent antisocial behavior predicted change in adoptive father’s (but not mother’s) parenting over time. These findings highlight the role of parent characteristics and suggest that evocative rGE effects on parenting may be small in magnitude in early childhood.

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“…The parent-child relationship is dyadic and mutually engaging in nature (Bell, 1968; Stice & Berrera, 1995). On the one hand, parenting is an important socialization force in the development of children, while on the other hand, the individual characteristics of each child shape parenting behavior and moderate the effects of parental behavior on that child’s development (Maccoby, 1999).…”

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The Role of Temperament by Family Environment Interactions in Child Maladjustment

Chen

Deater‐Deckard

Bell

2014

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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In order to advance our understanding of the etiology of individual differences in child maladjustment (i.e., conduct and emotional problems), we tested hypotheses about the statistical interactions between child temperament and two aspects of the family environment: maternal negativity and positivity, and household chaos (e.g., crowding, noise, lack of routines). Mothers (n = 149) reported on their child’s effortful control, negative affect, surgency, and behavioral/emotional problems. The age range of the children was 3 to 7 years old and half of the sample was girls. Observers rated maternal negativity and positivity based on brief structured interaction tasks in the laboratory. Child temperament moderated the association between maternal negativity/positivity and child maladjustment. Maternal negativity and child problem behavior were associated only for those children who also were high in surgency or negative affectivity. Maternal positivity was associated with less child problem behavior for those high in surgency. Child effortful control interacted with both maternal negativity and chaos. Maternal negativity and child problem behavior were most strongly associated for children who were low in effortful control and living in chaotic homes. The results point to distinct transactions between child temperament and maternal negativity/positivity that depend in part on the dimensions of temperament and parenting behavior in question.

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A Reinterpretation of the Direction of Effects in Studies of Socialization

Cited by 332 publications

References 29 publications

Understanding Positive Father-Child Interaction: Children's, Fathers', and Mothers' Contributions

Understanding Positive Father-Child Interaction: Children's, Fathers', and Mothers' Contributions

Birth and Adoptive Parent Antisocial Behavior and Parenting: A Study of Evocative Gene–Environment Correlation

The Role of Temperament by Family Environment Interactions in Child Maladjustment

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