Readings

Question 1

What did Moore at al find?

Answer 1

Mothers of anxious children less warmth and less autonomy, regardless of own anxiety (doesn’t support hypothesis 1). When mothers were anxious, catastrophizing (irrational thoughts) were present in most dyads. However, when mothers weren’t anxious, child anxiety increased the probability of maternal catastrophizing (having an anxious child meant that is biased the parents belief of reality)

Overprotective parenting - reduce children’s exposure to novelty and result in less ability to cope

Question 2

What did Mcgilloway et al find?

Answer 2

The intervention group had better outcomes - intervention worked

Question 3

What did Smith et al find?

Answer 3

Maternal supportive behaviours was predicted by child responsiveness
More maternal controlling behaviours if low SES

Question 4

What did Capaldi et al find?

Answer 4

Mens poor and harsh discipline practises were predicted by partners problem behaviour and negative discipline practises as well as poor discipline experienced in the family

Question 5

What did Bzostek et al find?

Answer 5

Involvement by social fathers is just as beneficial  doesn’t matter if they are biologically related or not
Frequent involvement with biological father doesn’t diminish positive relationship between social father and child well-being

Question 6

What did Flouri and Buchanan find?

Answer 6

Father involvement and mother involvement at age 7 predicted educational attainment by age 20
Father involvement was not more important for educational attainment when mother involvement was low rather than high - impact of father’s involvement doesn’t depend on mother’s involvement
Father involvement predicted educational attainment, even if mothers were already highly involved double boost was good
Not growing up in a 2-parent family didn’t weaken association between fathers or mother’s involvement and educational outcomes