Autonomy-supportive parenting and associations with child and parent executive function

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/00000509h

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Creator	Distefano, Rebecca Galinsky, Ellen McClelland, Megan M. Zelazo, Philip David Carlson, Stephanie M.
Abstract	Autonomy-supportive parenting appears to play an important role in children's executive function (EF) development. However, few studies have accounted for parents' EF skills when examining the link between parenting and child EF in families from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. In the current study, parents and their 3- to 5-year-old children (N = 85 dyads) were assessed in the fall of preschool on well-validated behavioral assessments of EF and participated in a dyadic problem-solving task. We found that parent EF and child EF were correlated, both were associated with autonomy-supportive parenting, and these links were not moderated by socioeconomic status. Autonomy support was a predictor of child EF skills above and beyond parent EF, and boot-strapping mediational analyses confirmed that autonomy-supportive behaviors mediated the link between parent-child EF. These results provide initial evidence for the intergenerational transmission of EF through autonomy support.
License	Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Resource Type	Article
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2018.04.007
Date Issued	2018
Journal Title	Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Journal Volume	58
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Language	English [eng]
ISSN	0193-3973