PACD - Specificity Flashcards
What do parenting styles not allow for?
Examination of specific parenting practices
What showed the strongest associations with externalising problems?
Psychological control and harsh control
What does Grusec et al argue for?
A domain specific approach - focus on specific practices related to specific outcomes
What is empathy?
Understanding and responding to another’s feelings, particularly distress
What was David and Grusec’s sample when they examined what aspects of parenting predicted child empathy?
106 six to eight year old children
What was David and Grusec’s hypothesis?
Parental ‘responsiveness to distress; and not parental warmth would be particularly relevant to the development of child empathy
What is modelling in relation to child empathy?
Children see parents modelling empathic behaviour and adopt it themselves
What does having your own distress responded to promote?
Emotion regulation capabilities in the child which in turn allows them to respond empathically to others
What did David and Grusec find?
Responsiveness to distress and not warmth predicted child empathy. Mediated by child’s negative affect regulation. Parental responsiveness to distress -> child negative affects regulation -> child empathy
