The role of affective tone in discipline transactions of mothers and their preschoolers: Implications for self-regulation

Abstract

Bu calismanin amaci annenin duygusal tonu ve kullandigi spesifik ebeveynlik stratejisinin etkisinin, cocugun takip eden davranisi, duygusal tonu ve bunlarin annenin bir sonraki tepkisi uzerindeki etkilerini ardisiklik analizi kullanarak arastirmaktir. Katilimcilar 117 anne ve yuva cagindaki cocuklaridir. Degerlendirme toplami 20 dakikaya ulasan video bolumlerinden olusmaktadir. Bu videolarda anne ve cocuklari gunluk hayat ortamlarini simule etmektedirler. Videolar iki kanalda kodlanmistir: a)sozel/davranissal kanal ve b)duygusal kanal. Sonuclar gecmis bulgulari kismen desteklemis ve anne-cocuklarin sozel/davranissal ve duygusal tepkileri arasinda cift yonlu anlamli bir iliskiyi gostermistir. Anne-cocuk arasindaki olumlu duygulanimin cocugun itaat davranisi uzerindeki etkisi de tartisilmistir.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of both specific parenting strategies and maternal affective tone, characterized separately but examined simultaneously, on child?s subsequent response as well as the effects of child?s behavioral response and affective tone on mother?s subsequent response using sequential analytic methods. Participants were one hundred seventeen mothers and their preschoolers. The assessment consisted of video segments that add up to a total of 20 minutes in which mothers and their preschoolers simulate everyday contexts. The videos were coded in two channels: a) non-affective channel, verbal/behavioral and b) affective channel. The results partially supported previous findings and revealed significant bidirectional relationships between subsequent affective and non-affective responses of partners. The effect of positive affectivity between partners on child compliance was also discussed.Keywords: Self-regulation, internalization, parenting strategies, affective tone, sequential analysis