Toddlers' Social- emotional Competence in the Contexts of Maternal Emotion Socialization and Contingent Responsiveness in a Low- income Sample

Holly E. Brophy- Herb, Rachel F. Schiffman, Erika London Bocknek, Sara B. Dupuis, Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Mildred Horodynski, Esther Onaga, Laurie A. Van Egeren, Barbara Hillaker

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Abstract

Early social- emotional development occurs in the context of parenting, particularly via processes such as maternal emotion socialization and parent-child interactions. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that maternal contingent responsiveness partially mediated the relationship between maternal emotion socialization of toddlers (N = 119, ages 12-36 months) and toddlers' social- emotional competence. Effect size was strongest for the direct path between maternal emotion socialization and toddler social-emotional competence. Toddler age and maternal demographic risk status (covariates) predicted toddler competence. Study results extend the previous literature on early competencies by focusing on toddlers rather than preschool- aged children and by employing a contextual model in which both low- income mothers' emotion socialization and their contingent responsiveness predicted toddlers' competencies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)73-92
Number of pages20
JournalSocial Development
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Emotion socialization
  • Parenting
  • Social- emotional competence
  • Toddlers

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