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Help Me Play! Parental Behaviors, Child Temperament, and Preschool Peer Play

Auteurs: Sandra Glover Gagnon, Timothy J. Huelsman, Anna E. Reichard, Pamela Kidder-Ashley, Marissa Swaim Griggs, Jessica Struby, Jennie Bollinger

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 5/2014

Abstract

Social competence is a critical developmental milestone for preschoolers. Because play is the primary activity through which preschoolers interact socially with peers, it serves as an excellent indicator of social competence. The development of social competence in preschoolers is complex and multifaceted. In order to capture this complexity, we used Belsky’s differential susceptibility hypothesis as a framework for examining the contributions of child temperament and parenting styles in the prediction of peer interactive play behaviors. Using parent ratings of a sample of 44 preschool-age children, we hypothesized that child temperament (specifically, reactivity and regulation) acts as a susceptibility factor in the relationship between parenting styles (authoritarian and authoritative) and child peer play behaviors (disruptive and interactive). Our findings indicated that child reactivity moderated the relationship between authoritarian parenting style and both play outcomes, suggesting that reactivity serves as a potential susceptibility factor. More specifically, children with high reactivity who had more authoritarian parents demonstrated higher levels of disruptive play and lower levels of interactive play. Regulation did not act as a susceptibility factor in our sample. Findings are discussed in terms of implications for practice and in terms of an approach that considers temperament (specifically reactivity) and parenting behaviors in preschool assessment and intervention efforts. Additionally, we discuss how our findings partially support the differential susceptibility hypothesis.

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Titel: Help Me Play! Parental Behaviors, Child Temperament, and Preschool Peer Play
Auteurs: Sandra Glover Gagnon
Timothy J. Huelsman
Anna E. Reichard
Pamela Kidder-Ashley
Marissa Swaim Griggs
Jessica Struby
Jennie Bollinger
Publicatiedatum: 01-07-2014
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 5/2014
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9743-0

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