Understanding Preemptive Parenting: Relations With Toddlers' Misbehavior, Overreactive and Lax Discipline, and Praise

The relations among preemptive parenting (i.e., a hypothetical set of strategies parents can use prior to child misbehavior that serves to prevent or avoid undesirable child behaviors), dysfunctional discipline, and praise were examined. Forty mother-toddler (M age = 26.15 months, SD = 5.60) dyads i...

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Published in:Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology 2009-11, Vol.38 (6), p.850-857
Main Authors: Dowling, Carey Bernini, Smith Slep, Amy M., O'Leary, Susan G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Behavior
Behavior Problems
Child Behavior Checklist
Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis
Child Behavior Disorders - epidemiology
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Child Rearing
Child, Preschool
Children
Correlation
Discipline
Dysfunctional
Humans
Laboratories
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Observation
Parenting
Parenting Styles
Parents & parenting
Positive Reinforcement
Praise
Prediction
Preschool children
Punishment
Reward
Severity of Illness Index
Surveys and Questionnaires
Toddlers
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Summary:The relations among preemptive parenting (i.e., a hypothetical set of strategies parents can use prior to child misbehavior that serves to prevent or avoid undesirable child behaviors), dysfunctional discipline, and praise were examined. Forty mother-toddler (M age = 26.15 months, SD = 5.60) dyads interacted in a standard laboratory task designed to elicit misbehavior and discipline. Observational data indicated that preemptive parenting contributed to the prediction of child misbehavior above and beyond the prediction from dysfunctional discipline and praise but did not contribute uniquely to the prediction of mother-reported externalizing behavior problems. Further analyses indicated that child misbehavior mediated the relation between preemptive parenting and overreactive, but not lax, discipline.
ISSN:1537-4416
1537-4424
DOI:10.1080/15374410903258983