Cognitive response repertoires to child noncompliance by mothers of aggressive boys.

Full Abstract

Cognitive response repertoires to videotaped child noncompliance episodes were examined in mothers of aggressive (MAs) and nonaggressive 4-6-year-old boys. Mothers provided open-ended solutions to three subtypes of child noncompliance under conditions of time pressure, or after they waited for 15 s to consider alternatives. Solutions were coded as assistance/facilitation, coercion, deference, or explanation/clarification. Compared with controls, MAs offered fewer explanation/clarification responses, more coercive responses, and fewer unique solutions during pressured responding. Two to 6 weeks later, mothers were videotaped while participating with their sons in a challenging block building task. Maternal responses to the vignettes predicted conflict escalation during block building, even after rates of concurrent and past child noncompliance were partialled out. Implications for parent-training models are considered.

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Author information

Author/s: Beauchaine, Theodore P (TP); Strassberg, Zvi (Z); Kees, Michelle R (MR); Drabick, Deborah A G (DA);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-1525, USA. tbeaucha(-atsign-)u.washington.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of abnormal child psychology (J Abnorm Child Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 30 (issue 1) : pp 89-101

Dates: Created 2002/04/04; Completed 2002/09/06; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11930975, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adult
Aggression - psychology
Child
Child Behavior
Child, Preschool
Cognition
Female

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