Journal article
Function and Content of Maternal Demands: Developmental Significance of Early Demands for Competent Action
Child development, Vol.66(3), pp.616-628
06/1995
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1995.tb00893.x
PMID: 7789191
Abstract
The sources and effects of mothers' demands upon children were examined during naturalistic interactions of 70 mothers and their 1 1/2–3 1/2‐year‐olds. Demands were categorized in terms of immediate function (e.g., do's vs. don'ts) and content area emphasized by mothers (e.g., competent action, appropriate behavior, caretaking). Children's age and oppositional behavior influenced the nature of mothers' demands. Mothers with authoritative child‐rearing attitudes emphasized proactive, competence‐oriented demands and avoided regulatory controls. Maternal demands for competent action (prosocial behavior, chores, cognitive/play) predicted enhanced compliance and fewer behavior problems at age 5. Demands focused on the regulation of personal and social behavior predicted more behavior problems at age 5. We propose that children's personal and social competence emerges from pressures for instrumentally competent behavior in a harmonious interactive context. Copyright © 1995, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Function and Content of Maternal Demands: Developmental Significance of Early Demands for Competent Action
- Creators
- Leon Kuczynski - University of GuelphGrazyna Kochanska - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child development, Vol.66(3), pp.616-628
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1995.tb00893.x
- PMID
- 7789191
- ISSN
- 0009-3920
- eISSN
- 1467-8624
- Number of pages
- 13
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1995
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984213413302771
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