This study demonstrated separate linkages between 2 features of positive parenting—responsiveness to distress and warmth—and different aspects of children's socio-emotional functioning, in a sample of 106 children
2006
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- This paper is based in part on a doctoral dissertation completed by the first author at the University of Toronto
- A portion of these data were presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, July 2004
- This study demonstrated separate linkages between 2 features of positive parenting—responsiveness to distress and warmth—and different aspects of children's socio-emotional functioning, in a sample of 106 children
- Negative affect regulation mediated between maternal responsiveness to distress and children's empathic responding
- Positive affect regulation mediated between maternal warmth and boys' peer acceptance
- The findings support a differentiated approach to positive parenting
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