Infant Negative Affect Moderates Longitudinal Associations between Maternal Gatekeeping and Toddlers' Social-Emotional Difficulties

Autor/inn/en	Altenburger, Lauren E.; Schoppe-Sullivan, Sarah J.
Titel	Infant Negative Affect Moderates Longitudinal Associations between Maternal Gatekeeping and Toddlers' Social-Emotional Difficulties
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45 (2021) 6, S.513-523 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Altenburger, Lauren E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/01650254211023971
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Toddlers; Behavior Problems; Fathers; Child Rearing; Social Emotional Learning; Longitudinal Studies; Path Analysis; Prediction; Infants; Affective Behavior; Parent Attitudes; Child Development; Developmental Stages; At Risk Persons; Self Control; Correlation; Parenting Skills; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Kindererziehung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Pfadanalyse; Vorhersage; Toddlers; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Elternverhalten; Kindesentwicklung; Risikogruppe; Selbstbeherrschung; Korrelation; Messdaten
Abstract	Maternal gatekeeping is characterized by the extent to which mothers engage in behaviors that ultimately serve to inhibit (i.e., gate close) or encourage (i.e., gate open) father involvement in childrearing. This study considered direct and indirect associations between observed and reported maternal gatekeeping and children's social-emotional difficulties. Data come from a sample of 182 parents who transitioned to parenthood in 2008-2010 and their young children. Results of longitudinal path analyses indicated mothers' perceptions of maternal gate closing at 3-months postpartum were associated with greater dysregulation ([beta] = 0.21, 95% CI [0.08, 0.35], p = 0.002) and externalizing ([beta] = 0.25, 95% CI [0.10, 0.41], p = 0.001) in 26-month-old toddlers. Observed maternal gate opening at 3-months postpartum predicted lower dysregulation ([beta] = -0.18, 95% CI [-0.32, -0.05], p = 0.008) in 26-month-old toddlers. Observed fathers' parenting quality did not mediate associations between maternal gatekeeping and child social-emotional difficulties. However, a statistically significant interaction between infant negative affect and observed maternal gate opening emerged as a predictor of toddler dysregulation, such that the adjusted negative effect of observed maternal gate opening on toddler dysregulation was strongest when infant negative affect was loslew. Statistically significant interactions between fathers' perceptions of gate closing and infant negative affect also emerged as predictors of toddler dysregulation and externalizing. Infants high in negative affect exposed to maternal gate closing were at the greatest risk for externalizing and dysregulation difficulties. Implications for maternal gatekeeping theory and research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01