Mother-Toddler Affect Exchanges and Children's Mastery Behaviours during Preschool Years Academic Article

abstract

• This study examined the longitudinal relations of mother-child affect exchanges at 18months with children's mastery motivation at 39months. Observation and questionnaire data were collected from mother-child dyads when children were 18months; 43 mothers again rated their children's mastery motivation at 39months. Results suggested that after controlling for gender and the corresponding 18-month mastery aspect, positive affect exchanges had long-term positive relationships with children's persistence and competence, whereas dismissed affect exchanges had long-term negative relationships with children's persistence and independent mastery. Findings suggest that children's autonomous mastery-oriented endeavours have deep roots in their early mother-child affective interactions. 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

authors

• Wang, Jun

published proceedings

• INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Wang, J., Morgan, G. A., & Biringen, Z.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• Wang, Jun||Morgan, George A||Biringen, Zeynep

publication date

• March 2014

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Infant and Child Development  Journal

keywords

• Affect Exchange
• Mastery Motivation
• Mother-child Interaction

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/icd.1825

start page

• 139

end page

• 152

volume

• 23

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/icd.1825