Adaptive Parenting Among Low‐Income Black Mothers and Toddlers' Regulation of Distress. Issue 6 (3rd September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bocknek, Erika L.; Richardson, Patricia A.; McGoron, Lucy; Raveau, Hasti; Iruka, Iheoma U.
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 91:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 2178
• Page End: 2191
• Publication Date: 2020-09-03
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13461
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

Abstract : Parenting differs in purpose and strategy according to cultural background (Brooks‐Gunn & Markman, 2005; Iruka, LaForett, & Odom, 2012). The current study tests a unique latent factor score, Adaptive Parenting, that represents culturally‐relevant, positive parenting behaviors: maternal coping with stress through reframing, maternal scaffolding of toddlers' learning during a low‐stress task, and maternal commands during a high‐stress task. Participants were Black mothers ( N = 119; M age = 27.78) and their 24‐ to 30‐month‐old toddlers. Families were part of a broader study examining family resilience among urban, low‐income young children and their families. Results demonstrate that the proposed variables align on a single factor and positively predict toddlers' emotion regulation. Findings are discussed in the context of Black culturally‐specific parenting processes.