Autonomy and Children's Reactions to Being Controlled: Evidence that Both Compliance and Defiance May Be Positive Markers in Early Development

Autor/inn/en	Dix, Theodore; Stewart, Amanda D.; Gershoff, Elizabeth T.; Day, William H.
Titel	Autonomy and Children's Reactions to Being Controlled: Evidence that Both Compliance and Defiance May Be Positive Markers in Early Development
Quelle	In: Child Development, 78 (2007) 4, S.1204-1221 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01061.x
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Depression (Psychology); Toddlers; Behavioral Science Research; Psychological Studies; Compliance (Psychology); Parenting Styles; Resistance (Psychology); Personal Autonomy; Child Behavior; Parent Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Resistenz; Individuelle Autonomie
Abstract	This study examined reactions of 1-year-olds and young 2-year-olds to being controlled by mothers. Mothers' supportive behavior predicted children's willing compliance. However, contrary to research with older children, defiance was also associated with variables linked to maternal competence, specifically, mothers' supportive behavior, autonomy-granting controls, and low depressive symptoms. At this age high-defiant children initiated positive interaction with mothers more than did low-defiant children. With age, children displayed more willing compliance and more active resistance (defiance, low passivity). However, developmental increases in active resistance were absent when mothers were high in depressive symptoms. Findings are consistent with the proposal that in early development active resistance to parents often reflects children's motivation to control events, not poor parenting or strained parent-child relationships. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10