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Relations between Parents' Effortful Control, Parenting Behavior and Infants' Effortful Control

부모의 의도적 통제 및 양육행동과 영아의 의도적 통제 간의 관계

  • Bae, Yun-Jin (Department of Child & Family Studies, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lim, Ji-Young (Department of Child & Family Studies.CBA(Center for Beautiful Aging), Kyungpook National University)
  • 배윤진 (경북대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 임지영 (경북대학교 아동가족학과.장수생활과학연구소)
  • Received : 2011.04.15
  • Accepted : 2012.01.06
  • Published : 2012.02.28
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Abstract

This study was conducted to study the associations between parents' effortful control (EC), their parenting behavior and infants' EC. Subjects of the present study were 55 infants and their parents. Parents who participated in this study replied to questionnaires, including ECBQ-SF, ATQ-SF and Parenting style scale. There was positive correlations between the parents' EC, affectionate parenting style and infants' EC by zero-order correlation. We also performed Mann-Whitney test on the acquired data and it showed significant differences in the infants' EC by their parents' EC and parenting behavior. More specifically, infants with more affectionate and permissive parents showed higher levels of EC. Finally, we performed a partial correlation analysis and its results revealed that the correlation coefficient between the parents' EC and the infants' EC decreased when the parenting style was controlled. These results are vital to have a better understanding on the developmental pathways to the EC.

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