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The Reciprocal Effects Among Parental Autonomy Support, Peer Relationships and Executive Function in Children Aged 10 to 12: A Developmental Cascading Model

  • Xinyu ZHAO ,
  • Xiaoguang QIAO ,
  • Xiaopei XING
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  • 1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Research Center for Child Development, Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048
    2. Jinan Licheng Baoshan School, Jinan 250132

Received date: 2023-07-21

  Online published: 2024-05-13

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Abstract

This longitudinal study examined cascading effects among parental autonomy support, children’s peer relationships and executive function, and whether the above effects would change over time or would differ by parental gender. A total of 514 third- and fourth-grade students and their parents were assessed at three time points, six months apart. Random intercept cross-lagged panel models revealed that at the between-person level, the random intercepts of executive function were significantly related with the random intercepts of parental autonomy support and peer acceptance/rejection, and the correlations between the random intercepts of paternal autonomy support and peer acceptance were significant. At the within-person level, executive function and parental autonomy support were reciprocally predicted between T1 and T2, and executive function at T2 predicted parental autonomy support at T3. At the same time, executive function at T1 predicted peer acceptance at T2, and executive function and peer acceptance were reciprocally predicted between T2 and T3. In addition, maternal rather than paternal autonomy support and peer relationships were reciprocally predicted. These findings suggest that during mid-late childhood, there are potential cascading effects among parental autonomy support, children’s peer relationships and executive function, which change over time and across parental gender.

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Xinyu ZHAO , Xiaoguang QIAO , Xiaopei XING . The Reciprocal Effects Among Parental Autonomy Support, Peer Relationships and Executive Function in Children Aged 10 to 12: A Developmental Cascading Model[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2024 , 22(1) : 55 -63 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2024.01.008

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