how parents promote children’s well-being
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How Parents Promote Children’s Well-Being. Eva M. Pomerantz. Think to the Future. What Attributes Would You Like to Foster in Your Child? How Would You Do It?. Parents as Shapers. Parenting. Child Well Being. Major Dimensions of Parenting. Structure Autonomy Support Affect. Structure. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
How Parents Promote Children’s Well-Being
Eva M. Pomerantz
Think to the Future• What Attributes Would
You Like to Foster in Your Child?
• How Would You Do It?
Parents as Shapers
Parenting ChildWell Being
Major Dimensions of Parenting
• Structure• Autonomy Support• Affect
Structure
• Setting Limits• Monitoring• Guidance• Scaffolding
Structure Predicts. . .
• Decreased – Aggression– Delinquency
• Increased– Positive Peer Relations– Achievement
Autonomy Support• Autonomy-Supportive
– Allow Exploration of Environment– Permit Initiation of Own Behavior
• Independent Problem Solving• Encourage Generation of Own Strategies
• Controlling– Pressure to Meet Outcome– Regulate Behavior
• Commands• Directives• Orders• Love Withdrawal
Autonomy Support Predicts. . .
• Decreased– Extrinsic Motivation– Helplessness– Depression– Aggression
• Increased– Intrinsic Motivation– Mastery– Achievement– Positive Peer Relations
Affect
• Positive– Warm and Loving– Supportive– Encouraging – Enjoy Interactions
• Negative– Hostile– Criticizes– Annoyed and Frustrated
Positive Affect Predicts. . .• Decreased
– Extrinsic Motivation– Helplessness– Depression– Aggression
• Increased– Intrinsic Motivation– Mastery– Positive Emotional Functioning– Achievement
What Should a Parent Do?
• Authoritative Parenting– Provide Structure– Support Autonomy– Maintain Positive Affect
• Benjamin and Garrison
Children as Shapers
ChildWell-Being Parenting
It Takes a Parent and a Child
Parenting ChildWell Being
Child Attributes
Mothers’ Affect Depends on Children’s Helplessness
• Guiding Hypothesis• Mothers’ Affect
– Positive Affect on Days Assisted with Homework
• Children’s Helplessness– Mother, Teacher, and Child Reports
• Children’s Well-Being– Children Complete Questionnaires
Mothers’ Affect Depends on Children’s Helplessness
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Summary
• Be an Authoritative Parent– Provide Structure– Support Autonomy– Maintain Positive Affect
• It’s Not Just the Parent– The Effects of Parenting Depend on
What Children Bring– Parental Sensitivity to Children’s
Attributes