Parental Socialization of Sadness Regulation in Middle Childhood: The Role of Expectations and Gender

Autor/inn/en	Cassano, Michael C.; Zeman, Janice L.
Titel	Parental Socialization of Sadness Regulation in Middle Childhood: The Role of Expectations and Gender
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 5, S.1214-1226 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0019851
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Socialization; Sex Stereotypes; Mothers; Child Behavior; Fathers; Psychological Patterns; Parent Child Relationship; Control Groups; Gender Differences; Task Analysis; Self Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socialisation; Sozialisation; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Aufgabenanalyse; Selbstbeherrschung
Abstract	The authors of this study investigated mothers' and fathers' socialization of their children's sadness. The particular focus was an examination of how socialization practices changed when parents' expectancies concerning their child's sadness management abilities were violated. Methods included an experimental manipulation and direct observation of parent-child interactions in 62 families of White, middle-class children in 3rd and 4th grades. Families were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 conditions. After parents were provided with a description of normative child behavior on a sadness-induction task, feedback was manipulated such that parents in the control condition were told their child had demonstrated typical regulation while parents in the violated-expectancy condition were informed their child did not manage sadness as well as peers. The hypothesis that violated expectancies influence socialization processes was supported, with greater evidence emerging for fathers than mothers. In certain circumstances within the violated-expectancy condition, there was more parental similarity in socialization practices than in the control condition. Further, mother-father comparisons indicated differences in socialization as a function of parent and child gender that were generally consistent with gender stereotypes. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10