Thesis
Maternal control in mother-child relationships and the effects on children's social dominance strategies
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100303
Abstract
The current study examined maternal controlling behaviors in mother-child relationships and the associations with children’s social dominance in child-peer interactions. Participants in the current study were drawn from a larger, 2 cohort study of early childhood social development in the Pullman, WA/Moscow, ID area. The 57 children (31 boys, 53 mos.) in this study participated in both a mother-child laboratory assessment and a child-peer playgroup assessment in which maternal control behaviors and child dominance were assessed. Observers coded maternal control and global relationship quality in the lab setting. Other coders rated child dominance and child coercion in the playgroup. Higher levels of maternal control were expected to predict more child dominance and coercion in the playgroup. The results indicated that maternal relationship negativity, but not control behaviors, predicted greater child coercion. The interaction between maternal controlling behaviors and negative relationship quality did not significantly predict either child coercion or child dominance. Discussion includes measurement considerations and ideas for future research.
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- Title
- Maternal control in mother-child relationships and the effects on children's social dominance strategies
- Creators
- Emily Carroll Williams
- Contributors
- Jared A. Lisonbee (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525154201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis