Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Reciprocal Relationships Among Household Chaos, Parenting Stress, and Children's Behavioral Self‐Regulation From Early to Middle Childhood
Originally published 2025-06-01 · Family Process
Wiley · DOI 10.1111/famp.70053 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Does my child find it easier to manage a routine on days when our household is more predictable?
This article examines how household disorganization, parenting stress and behavioural regulation change together. The independence lens asks which demands children can already manage and where practice or adult support still matters.
Who was studied?
Families represented in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study.
Age / stage: Early to middle childhood
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how household disorganization, parenting stress and behavioural regulation change together?
- Which measurements came first, and what changes between waves could also explain the pattern?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is families represented in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study.
Keep the limits in view
Following families over time helps establish the order of measurements. Other changing experiences could still account for the associations.
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Qingyang Liu; Ying Zhang; Rachel A Razza (2025). Reciprocal Relationships Among Household Chaos, Parenting Stress, and Children's Behavioral Self‐Regulation From Early to Middle Childhood Family Process. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70053
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