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Mothers’ and fathers’ talk of internal states with toddler and preschool children: gender differences and predictors for parental ratings of children’s social skills
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The current study extends previous literature examining maternal internal state language (ISL) to include paternal-child observations. Gender differences in parents’ ISL with young children was examined, as well as whether ISL was related to parents’ ratings of the children’s social skills....
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Parental use of psychological and behavioural control and the relationship to children's eating habits
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This correlational study examined parent-feeding practices, children’s negative affect towards food, and parental psychological and behavioural control, and parenting styles relating to parental behavioural and psychological control. Parents and their children aged 9-13 years completed...
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Parent-child mutuality and preschoolers’ social problem solving in response to five narratives
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The current study examined whether: (a) mother- or father-child mutuality predicts social problem-solving (SPS) strategies preschoolers use and (b) boys and girls use varying strategies with different social problems. Fifty-eight parent-child dyads participated (29 girls and 29 boys between 25-...
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“It is far safer to be feared than loved”: Why do some individuals become bullies and others bully-victims?
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Although a wide range of theories have been applied to the study of bullying and victimization, the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, 1993, 2002), has not as of yet been applied to the study of bullying behaviour. The present study employed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to assess a...
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Parenting and Peer Bullying: Parents’ and Adolescents’ Beliefs, Communication, Behavior and Strategies
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Bullying by peers is a serious problem facing Canadian adolescents today. A key social support for adolescents is the support of their parents. While there is considerable information from the parenting literature to indicate that healthy parent-child communication and authoritative-type...
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Parenting Styles and Early Childhood Behavioural Functioning: A Comparison Between Self-Reported and Observed Parenting Styles
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The current study investigated mothers’ and fathers’ self-reported and observed parenting styles, and determined how self-report and observation measures each predicted the social and emotional behaviours of toddlers. Thirty-one families participated in the study (18 boys and 13 girls between 29-...
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Adolescents’ Coping Strategies in Hypothetical Bullying Scenarios: The Influence of Bullying Type, Gender, and Reported Frequency of Bullying Involvement
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The current study investigated the types and effectiveness of strategies female and male adolescents generated in response to hypothetical bullying situations, based on bullying type, and participants reported frequency of bullying involvement. Participants were 225 junior high school students....
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The Influence of Parental and Peer Relationship Factors on Adolescent Internalizing Behaviour
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The present research investigated the ability of parental psychological control, as well as peer overt and relational bullying victimization, to predict adolescent internalizing problems. Specifically, it was examined whether these three variables could individually, as well as interactively,...
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Parent-Child Mutuality in Early Childhood: An Examination of Children with Typical Social Development and Children At-risk for or Experiencing Emotional/Behavioural Difficulties
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Parent-child mutuality focuses on bidirectional processes and refers to the positive, responsive, reciprocal and cooperative qualities observed in healthy parent-child relationships (Deater-Deckard, Atzaba-Poria & Pike 2004). Greater mutuality in the parent-child relationship has been associated...
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Fall 2015
Digital communication and social networking sites (e.g., Facebook) have become an integral part of adolescent and young adults’ daily life. The increasing presence of an online context raises concerns as to how digital communication influences our interpersonal relationships. The social...