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Revisiting the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and executive functions in young children: Effect of measurement methods
The past decade of studies showed that parenting behaviors (e.g., warmth, autonomy, and control) were associated with children’s executive functions (EF) in the early years. However, different measurement methods had been used across studies, making it hard to compare the effects of parenting on EF...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10043369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36998351 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.985889 |
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author | Wei, Wei Lu, Wen-Ting Huang, Min-Min Li, Yan |
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description | The past decade of studies showed that parenting behaviors (e.g., warmth, autonomy, and control) were associated with children’s executive functions (EF) in the early years. However, different measurement methods had been used across studies, making it hard to compare the effects of parenting on EF across studies. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the effect of the measurement methods on the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and children’s EF among a group of Chinese preschoolers. One hundred and twenty-six children (62 boys; Mage = 48.65 months) were assessed with direct measures on children’s EF (inhibition and working memory tasks), and parenting behaviors of their mothers during interaction with children were observed and coded. Mothers also reported their parenting practices and children’s difficulties in executive functions. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the latent performance-based EF was uniquely predicted by maternal positive control and negative control in mother–child interaction, while children’s EF difficulties reported by mothers were predicted by mother-reported warmth and support, and autonomy granting. Overall, the results suggest that the relationship between maternal parenting and children’s EF depends on the measurement methods of parenting and executive functions. |
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spelling | pubmed-100433692023-03-29 Revisiting the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and executive functions in young children: Effect of measurement methods Wei, Wei Lu, Wen-Ting Huang, Min-Min Li, Yan Front Psychol Psychology The past decade of studies showed that parenting behaviors (e.g., warmth, autonomy, and control) were associated with children’s executive functions (EF) in the early years. However, different measurement methods had been used across studies, making it hard to compare the effects of parenting on EF across studies. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the effect of the measurement methods on the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and children’s EF among a group of Chinese preschoolers. One hundred and twenty-six children (62 boys; Mage = 48.65 months) were assessed with direct measures on children’s EF (inhibition and working memory tasks), and parenting behaviors of their mothers during interaction with children were observed and coded. Mothers also reported their parenting practices and children’s difficulties in executive functions. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the latent performance-based EF was uniquely predicted by maternal positive control and negative control in mother–child interaction, while children’s EF difficulties reported by mothers were predicted by mother-reported warmth and support, and autonomy granting. Overall, the results suggest that the relationship between maternal parenting and children’s EF depends on the measurement methods of parenting and executive functions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10043369/ /pubmed/36998351 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.985889 Text en Copyright © 2023 Wei, Lu, Huang and Li. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Wei, Wei Lu, Wen-Ting Huang, Min-Min Li, Yan Revisiting the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and executive functions in young children: Effect of measurement methods |
title | Revisiting the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and executive functions in young children: Effect of measurement methods |
title_full | Revisiting the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and executive functions in young children: Effect of measurement methods |
title_fullStr | Revisiting the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and executive functions in young children: Effect of measurement methods |
title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and executive functions in young children: Effect of measurement methods |
title_short | Revisiting the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and executive functions in young children: Effect of measurement methods |
title_sort | revisiting the relationship between maternal parenting behaviors and executive functions in young children: effect of measurement methods |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10043369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36998351 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.985889 |
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