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Importance of Maternal Persistence in Young Children's Persistence
- Source :
- Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021), Frontiers in Psychology
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2021.
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Abstract
- Persistence of a distant goal is an important personality trait that determines academic and social success. Recent studies have shown that individual differences in persistence involve both genetic and environmental factors; however, these studies have not examined the role of maternal factors on a young children's persistence. The present study examined whether mothers' persistence is associated with persistence in children aged 3–6 years. In addition, the associations between mothers' persistence/parenting style and children's self-control/social development (prosocial behaviors and difficulties) were examined. Our results showed that maternal persistence is essential for the child's persistence. Children's self-control and social development were also associated with the mothers' persistence and parenting style. Our findings suggest that a young child's persistence may develop under the influence of a familiar adult (i.e., mother) and characterizes their social development, highlighting the importance of persistence in parenting.
- Subjects :
- Persistence (psychology)
social development
self-control
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parenting styles
Social change
Self-control
persistence
preschooler
Developmental psychology
Style (sociolinguistics)
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Prosocial behavior
Trait
Parenting styles
Personality
Psychology
General Psychology
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Original Research
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16641078
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f05b0fbfd93a44a52f8a86898b78a2ab