Parent-Grandparent Co-Parenting and Preschoolers' Self-Control in China: The Roles of Maternal and Grandparental Parenting Styles

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    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      16
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
      Preschool Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Grandparents Raising Grandchildren; Parents; Child Rearing; Preschool Children; Self Control; Parenting Styles; Foreign Countries; Parent Influence; Correlation
    • Subject Terms:
      China
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/10409289.2023.2186087
    • ISSN:
      1040-9289
      1556-6935
    • Abstract:
      This study aimed to examine the association between parent-grandparent co-parenting and children's self-control as well as the potential moderated mediation mechanisms. Participants were 367 children aged from 3 to 6 years from two public kindergartens in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China. Their mothers were asked to complete multiple questionnaires including the parent-grandparent co-parenting scale, parenting style scale, and children's self-control, as well as their grandparents were asked to rate parenting practices. Research Findings: The results showed that: (1) parent-grandparent co-parenting was positively correlated with maternal authoritative parenting, grandparental authoritative parenting, and children's self-control, whereas negatively correlated with maternal authoritarian parenting and grandparental authoritarian parenting. (2) maternal authoritarian parenting mediated the relation between parent-grandparent co-parenting and children's self-control; (3) grandparental authoritarian parenting moderated the relations between parent-grandparent co-parenting, maternal authoritative parenting, and children's self-control. To be specific, for children whose grandparents adopted less authoritarian parenting, their self-control level was higher, and the parent-grandparent co-parenting could predict their self-control via maternal authoritative parenting. Practice or Policy: These findings provide valuable information on the importance of maternal and grandparental parenting styles between parent-grandparent co-parenting and preschoolers' self-control in Chinese culture.
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      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1414917