Do sensitive parents foster kind children, or vice versa? Bidirectional influences between children's prosocial behavior and parental sensitivity

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1808-1816

  Newton, Emily K ^a   Laible, Deborah ^b   Carlo, Gustavo ^c   Steele, Joel S ^d   McGinley, Meredith ^e  

^a STEVENSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional relationships; Parent child relationships; Parental sensitivity; Prosocial behavior; Social competence

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901634648     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036495     Document Type: Article

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