Parents' Perfectionistic Tendencies and Children's Early Numeracy Competence: The Mediating Roles of Children's Executive Functions and Numeracy Interest

Autor/inn/en	Cheung, Sum Kwing; Chan, Winnie Wai Lan; Fong, Ricci Wai-tsz
Titel	Parents' Perfectionistic Tendencies and Children's Early Numeracy Competence: The Mediating Roles of Children's Executive Functions and Numeracy Interest
Quelle	In: European Journal of Psychology of Education, 38 (2023) 3, S.1185-1200 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-2928
DOI	10.1007/s10212-022-00640-x
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Kindergarten; Parents; Parent Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Personality Traits; Numeracy; Competence; Executive Function; Student Interests; Expectation; Parent Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Eltern; Elternverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Rechenkompetenz; Kompetenz; Studieninteresse; Expectancy; Erwartung
Abstract	Parents' high academic expectations have often been found to benefit children's academic outcomes. Nonetheless, little is known whether different ways of expressing the high expectations exert similar influences on early numeracy development. This study therefore investigated the relations of two forms of parents' perfectionistic tendencies--namely perfectionistic strivings and concerns--with children's early numeracy competence, as well as the potential mediating roles of children's executive functions and numeracy interest in such relations. One hundred one kindergarteners were assessed for their numeracy skills and executive functions, whereas their parents completed a questionnaire about their perfectionistic tendencies as well as their children's numeracy interest. Results showed that both forms of perfectionistic tendencies were associated with children's numeracy competence via their executive functions and numeracy interest. Only perfectionistic concerns had a direct link with children's numeracy competence. Our findings imply that parents need to be careful about the ways they convey their academic expectations to young children. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01