Journal article
Development of Children's Noncompliance Strategies From Toddlerhood to Age 5
Developmental psychology, Vol.26(3), pp.398-408
05/1990
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.26.3.398
Abstract
Noncompliance strategies for asserting autonomy were examined. Ss were 51 depressed and well mothers and their children, who were from 1½ to 3½ years old at Time 1 and 5 years old at Time 2. Data were coded from spontaneous interactions in a naturalistic setting. Compliance to maternal requests did not change from toddlerhood to age 5, and compliance showed stability over time. Age changes in noncompliant responses were interpreted in terms of children's growing autonomy and social skill. Direct defiance and passive noncompliance decreased with age, but simple refusal and negotiation increased with age. 5-year-olds who used skillful forms of resistance were more skillful when directing requests to mothers. Only unskillful noncompliance predicted later ratings of behavior problems. Sex differences and associations between discipline strategies and children's compliance are reported.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Development of Children's Noncompliance Strategies From Toddlerhood to Age 5
- Creators
- Leon Kuczynski - Department of Family Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaGrazyna Kochanska - Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, Vol.26(3), pp.398-408
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0012-1649.26.3.398
- ISSN
- 0012-1649
- eISSN
- 1939-0599
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1990
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984213431802771
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