Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Bidirectional Relationship between Positive Parenting Behavior and Children’s Self-Regulation: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study
Originally published 2024-01-05 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs14010038 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
How might my child’s growing self-control change the support I provide?
The study examines children’s self-regulation alongside warmth, structure, and autonomy support. It illustrates that developing independence involves reciprocal parent–child processes rather than a one-way parental input.
Who was studied?
84 children completing all three waves and their parents in a Chinese kindergarten sample.
Age / stage: Preschool; approximately 3–4 years at baseline
Read with three questions
- How did the study distinguish inhibitory control from delayed waiting?
- Which parent–child relationships were reciprocal and which were only concurrent?
- How did attrition and fading associations affect the conclusions?
Keep the limits in view
The complete-case sample was small after substantial attrition. Cross-lagged associations are not randomized effects, and several relationships faded over time.
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Su Wang; Xiaosong Gai; Ines Testoni (2024). Bidirectional Relationship between Positive Parenting Behavior and Children’s Self-Regulation: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14010038
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