Teaching or Learning from Baby: Inducing Explicit Parenting Goals Influences Caregiver Intrusiveness
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| Title: | Teaching or Learning from Baby: Inducing Explicit Parenting Goals Influences Caregiver Intrusiveness |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | King, Lucy S. (ORCID |
| Source: | Developmental Psychology. 2023 59(11):1951-1961. |
| Availability: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: | R21MH111978 R21HD090493 R37MH101495 F32HD105385 T32MH1892 R01MH129634 2042285 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Mothers, Infants, Instruction, Learning, Parent Role, Play, Individual Characteristics, Family Characteristics, Infant Behavior |
| Geographic Terms: | California (San Francisco) |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, Rothbart Infant Behavior Questionnaire |
| DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001592 |
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 1939-0599 |
| Abstract: | Caregivers' goals influence their interactions with their children. In this preregistered study, we examined whether directing parents to "teach" their baby versus "learn" from their baby influenced the extent to which they engaged in intrusive (e.g., controlling, adult-centered rather than child-centered), sensitive, warm, or cognitively stimulating caregiving behaviors. Mothers and their 6-month-old infants (N = 66; 32 female infants) from the San Francisco Bay Area participated in a 10-min "free-play" interaction, coded in 2-min epochs for degree of parental intrusiveness. Prior to the final epoch, mothers were randomly assigned to receive instructions to focus on (a) "teaching" something to their infant or (b) "learning" something from their infant. A control group of mothers received no instructions. Analyses of within-person changes in intrusive behavior from before to after receiving these instructions indicated that mothers assigned to teach their infant increased in intrusiveness whereas mothers assigned to learn from their infant and mothers in the control group did not significantly change in intrusiveness. The study provides experimental evidence that caregivers' explicit goals to teach infants result, on average, in more controlling and adult-centered caregiving behavior. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Notes: | https://github.com/lucysking/teach_learn |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1399152 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Caregivers' goals influence their interactions with their children. In this preregistered study, we examined whether directing parents to "teach" their baby versus "learn" from their baby influenced the extent to which they engaged in intrusive (e.g., controlling, adult-centered rather than child-centered), sensitive, warm, or cognitively stimulating caregiving behaviors. Mothers and their 6-month-old infants (N = 66; 32 female infants) from the San Francisco Bay Area participated in a 10-min "free-play" interaction, coded in 2-min epochs for degree of parental intrusiveness. Prior to the final epoch, mothers were randomly assigned to receive instructions to focus on (a) "teaching" something to their infant or (b) "learning" something from their infant. A control group of mothers received no instructions. Analyses of within-person changes in intrusive behavior from before to after receiving these instructions indicated that mothers assigned to teach their infant increased in intrusiveness whereas mothers assigned to learn from their infant and mothers in the control group did not significantly change in intrusiveness. The study provides experimental evidence that caregivers' explicit goals to teach infants result, on average, in more controlling and adult-centered caregiving behavior. |
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| ISSN: | 0012-1649 1939-0599 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001592 |
