The Influence of Parenting Style on 2-Years-Old Children's Social Development: Moderating Effect of Children's Temperament

Abstract

Abstract: The current research aimed at exploring the relation of fathers' parenting style and children's temperament to children's social development. Fathers of three hundred and fifty-five toddlers (182 boys, and 173 girls, M_age=25.51 months, SD=1.19) were asked to report their parenting style, children's temperament, and children's social development. Results demonstrated that:1) Children whose fathers were more strict had more internalizing problems, and children whose fathers encouraged achievement and independence had fewer externalizing problems and more competence; 2) Children with higher inhibitory control had more social competence, and children with higher level of shyness had more internalizing problems; 3) The interaction of fathers' strictness and children's inhibitory control predicted children's internalizing problems; the interaction of fathers' encouragement of sociability and social protection and children's sociability predicted children's internalizing, externalizing problems, and children's social competence. These results indicate that fathers play an important role in children's social development, and the effect of paternal parenting on children's social development varies with children's temperament.

Key words: fathers, parenting style, temperament, social development

摘要： 旨在考察父亲养育、儿童气质与其社会性发展的关系。让355名2岁儿童的父亲报告自身养育方式、儿童气质及儿童的社会性发展状况。结果发现：（1）父亲越严厉，儿童的内隐问题行为越多；父亲越鼓励成就与独立，儿童的问题行为越少，社会能力越好；（2）儿童抑制控制能力越高，其社会能力越好；儿童越害羞，其内隐问题行为越多；（3）父亲严厉与儿童外显问题行为之间的关系随儿童抑制控制能力的不同而不同；父亲鼓励社交与保护与儿童问题行为和社会能力之间的关系随儿童交际性的不同而不同。本研究的结果表明，父亲养育对儿童的社会性发展的影响随着儿童气质的不同而不同。

关键词: 父亲, 养育方式, 气质, 社会性发展

CLC Number:

B844

ZHANG Guangzhen, WANG Sang, LIANG Zongbao, DENG Huihua. The Influence of Parenting Style on 2-Years-Old Children's Social Development: Moderating Effect of Children's Temperament[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2019, 17(1): 38-47,74.

张光珍, 王桑, 梁宗保, 邓慧华. 父亲养育对2岁儿童社会性发展的影响：气质的调节作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2019, 17(1): 38-47,74.

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