The influence of children's effortful control on parent-child behavioral synchrony.
The influence of children's effortful control on parent-child behavioral synchrony.
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DOI：
10.1037/fam0001010
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发表时间：
2022-09
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Lunkenheimer, Erika
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作者：
Brown, Kayla M;Ram, Nilam;Lunkenheimer, Erika
儿童气质似乎唤起特定的养育行为，有助于儿童的发展。然而，问题仍然存在，是否个别差异，儿童的气质自我调节，即努力控制（EC），塑造时刻到时刻的亲子互动动态。因此，我们研究了在一个具有挑战性的问题解决任务中，儿童EC的差异是否与父母和儿童行为的动态同步有关。我们还测试了这些关系是否会因父母对积极和消极行为的表达而变化，这些表达可能会不同地支持或破坏儿童的监管努力。状态-特质多水平模型表明，亲子二人组参与动态的、实时的行为一致性，而父母参与积极的而不是消极的行为。此外，动态一致性在父母的积极和消极的行为的表达被缓和，这样的二人组与儿童高EC表现出更大的一致性。此外，当孩子的行为平均更消极时，父母的行为平均也更消极。结果表明，父母的积极（与消极）的行为更有可能促进实时同步，更高的EC的儿童可能会经历或促进更大的行为同步与父母。讨论集中在儿童的个体差异在塑造亲子同步性和儿童的发展自我调节的潜在影响的重要性。
Child temperament appears to evoke specific parenting behaviors that contribute to child development. However, questions remain about whether individual differences in children’s temperamental self-regulation, namely effortful control (EC), shape moment-to-moment parent-child interaction dynamics. Accordingly, we examined whether differences in children’s EC were related to dynamic synchrony of parent and child behaviors during a challenging problem-solving task. We also tested whether these relations varied by parents’ expressions of positive and negative behaviors that might differentially support or undermine children’s regulatory efforts. State-trait multilevel models demonstrated that parent-child dyads engaged in dynamic, real-time behavioral concordance while parents engaged in positive but not negative behaviors. Further, dynamic concordance during parents’ expressions of both positive and negative behaviors was moderated such that dyads with children higher in EC showed greater concordance. Additionally, when child behavior was more negative on average, parent behavior was also more negative on average. Results suggest parents’ positive (compared to negative) behaviors are more likely to facilitate real-time synchrony and that children with higher EC may experience or foster greater behavioral synchrony with parents. Discussion centers on the importance of children’s individual differences in shaping parent-child synchrony and potential implications for children’s developing self-regulation.