Parenting and self-regulation in preschoolers: a meta-analysis

✍ Scribed by Annemiek Karreman; Cathy van Tuijl; Marcel A. G. van Aken; Maja Deković

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 163 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-7227
• DOI: 10.1002/icd.478

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A meta‐analysis of 41 studies was conducted to examine the strength of the relation between parenting (positive control, negative control and responsiveness) and self‐regulation in preschoolers. Results revealed significant associations between both types of parental control and self‐regulation, with effect sizes being small in magnitude. There was no significant association between self‐regulation and responsiveness. The strength of the association between parenting and self‐regulation varied with different conceptualizations of self‐regulation; positive and negative control were associated with child compliance, but not with inhibition and emotion regulation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.