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To determine whether parental responsiveness to distress and parental warmth uniquely predict distinct dimensions of children's affect regulation and socio-emotional functioning.

January 1, 2006Child Development

Untangling the Links of Parental Responsiveness to Distress and Warmth to Child Outcomes

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MDMaayan DavidovHebrew University of Jerusalem JGJoan E. GrusecUniversity of Toronto

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Observational study reveals distinct effects of parental distress responsiveness and warmth on socio-emotional regulation in young children, highlighting domain-specific positive parenting pathways.

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To determine whether parental responsiveness to distress and parental warmth uniquely predict distinct dimensions of children's affect regulation and socio-emotional functioning.
Assessed a sample of 106 children aged 6 to 8 years and their mothers and fathers.
Evaluated parental responsiveness to distress and parental warmth alongside child outcomes, including positive and negative affect regulation, empathy, prosocial behavior, and peer acceptance.
Tested indirect mediation pathways connecting specific parenting dimensions to child social outcomes through positive and negative affect regulation.
Maternal and paternal responsiveness to distress predicted superior negative affect regulation, whereas maternal responsiveness also predicted child empathy and prosocial behavior.
Maternal warmth predicted enhanced positive affect regulation and, exclusively among boys, greater peer acceptance.
Mediation analyses demonstrated that negative affect regulation mediated maternal responsiveness to distress and empathy, while positive affect regulation mediated maternal warmth and boys' peer acceptance.

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Davidov et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0f95b35725bbd5cc5fe201 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00855.x

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Observational study reveals distinct effects of parental distress responsiveness and warmth on socio-emotional regulation in young children, highlighting domain-specific positive parenting pathways.

Untangling the Links of Parental Responsiveness to Distress and Warmth to Child Outcomes

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Untangling the Links of Parental Responsiveness to Distress and Warmth to Child Outcomes

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