Maternal Autonomy Support and Intrusive Control in the United States and China: Moment-to-Moment Associations With Preschoolers' Agency and Defeat.

This study examines the moment-to-moment within-person associations between maternal and child behaviors during a challenging puzzle task and compares these associations between mother–child dyads from the United States (n = 99, 52 boys, M = 56.05 months, SD = 6.44) and China (n = 101, 46 boys, M =...

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Publicado en:Developmental Psychology Vol. 60; no. 6; pp. 1016 - 1028
Autores principales: Chen, Xi, McElwain, Nancy L., Pomerantz, Eva M., Wang, Mengjiao
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Publicado: American Psychological Association Jun2024
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          Chen, Xi
          McElwain, Nancy L.
          Pomerantz, Eva M.
          Wang, Mengjiao
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          Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University
          The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
          Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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        United States
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        Child welfare
        Autonomy (Psychology)
        Task performance
        Control (Psychology)
        Parenting
        Emotions
        Motherhood
        Social support
        Mother-child relationship
        Child behavior
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          Child welfare
          Autonomy (Psychology)
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          Motherhood
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        autonomy support
        intrusive control
        parent–child interaction
        self-regulation
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      ab: This study examines the moment-to-moment within-person associations between maternal and child behaviors during a challenging puzzle task and compares these associations between mother–child dyads from the United States (n = 99, 52 boys, M = 56.05 months, SD = 6.44) and China (n = 101, 46 boys, M = 57.41 months, SD = 6.58). Maternal autonomy support and intrusive control and child agency and defeat were rated in 15-s intervals by native and bicultural coders. Country was examined as a moderator of the moment-to-moment within-person associations between maternal and child behaviors. The results showed that for both U.S. and Chinese dyads, increases in maternal intrusive control predicted subsequent decreases in child agency, and increases in child defeat predicted subsequent increases in maternal autonomy support. Furthermore, increases in maternal autonomy support predicted subsequent increases in child defeat, but for the Chinese dyads only. Public Significance Statement: This study examined how maternal and child behaviors change in response to each other during a challenging puzzle task among U.S. and Chinese dyads. For both U.S. and Chinese preschoolers, children's eagerness and confidence to complete the task decreased immediately after mothers exerted more intrusive control. Additionally, Chinese preschoolers, but not U.S. preschoolers, expressed more defeat and negative emotion immediately after mothers provided more support of the child's autonomy. The findings showed both cultural similarities and differences in the real-time dynamics of mother–child interaction.
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