Parenting Goals as Organizers of Responses to Parent-Child Disagreement

Three studies examined parents' goals during disagreements with young children. Found that women focused on relationship-centered goals more than men. Public situations increased concern for short-term parent-centered goals. Empathy predicted long-term child-centered and relationship-centered g...

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Published inDevelopmental psychology Vol. 34; no. 3; p. 465
Main Authors Hastings, Paul D, Grusec, Joan E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.1998
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Affect
Aged
Assertiveness
Attribution Theory
Child
Child Rearing
Conflict
Conflict (Psychology)
Cooperative Behavior
Father-Child Relations
Fathers
Female
Goal Orientation
Goals
Humans
Male
Mediating Factors
Middle Aged
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Negotiating
Objectives
Parent Attitudes
Parent Child Relationship
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting - psychology
Parenting Skills
Power (Psychology)
Relationship Orientation
Sex Differences
Social Environment
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Summary:Three studies examined parents' goals during disagreements with young children. Found that women focused on relationship-centered goals more than men. Public situations increased concern for short-term parent-centered goals. Empathy predicted long-term child-centered and relationship-centered goals. Parent-centered goals were associated with power assertion, child-centered goals with reasoning, and relationship-centered goals with warm, negotiating, and cooperative parenting behavior. (Author/KB)
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.34.3.465