Infant emotions, temperament and mother's positive parenting as predictors of the quality of peer interaction at age 4
AUTHOR : 정옥분,RubinKenneth.H.,박성연,윤종희,도현심,김경은
INFORMATION : page. 151~168 / 2011 Vol.18 No.1
ABSTRACT
A three-year longitudinal design was used to test whether infant emotions, temperament and maternal parenting would predict the quality of children's peer interaction at age 4. At time point I, 113 infants and their mothers were observed through the Traditional Inhibition Paradigm; at time point II, 21children aged 4 were observed undertaking interaction tasks with unfamiliar peers as well as their mothers.The results of this study revealed that emotions, temperament and maternal positive parenting at age 2 were partially linked to the quality of peer interactions at age 4: Lower levels of social fearfulness and the greater sensitivity of mothers at age 2 predicted the more active participation of children in group exploration play at age 4. Maternal positive parenting and infant positive emotions at age 2 predicted children's levels of conversation and ability with their peers. A mother's positive control and infant negative emotions predicted their children's nonsocial behavior and mother's positive control predicted
children's aggression. The importance of early emotionality and temperament in infancy and maternal parenting as a means of predicting children's subsequent social development were also discussed.
Key words : infant emotions, temperament, maternal parenting, the quality of children's peer interaction, observation, longitudinal design