Relationship between temperament, parenting style and resilience of children aged 3-5 years.
- Author:
Yubai NIU
1
;
Lingyan ZHANG
1
;
Zesheng HAO
1
;
Yuzhu JI
2
Author Information
1. School of Psychology, Zhejiang Science and Technology University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
2. Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Child;
Child Behavior;
Child, Preschool;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Parenting;
Resilience, Psychological;
Sex Factors;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Temperament
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
2019;48(1):75-82
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the developmental characteristics of resilience in children aged 3-5, and to explore the relationship between temperament, parenting style and resilience.
METHODS:A total of 570 preschoolers aged 3-5 years in Hangzhou participated in this study. The children's teachers completed the assessment of the resilience scale of DECA-P2 (Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Preschoolers Second Edition); the children's parents completed assessment of temperament questionnaire CBQ (Children's Behavior Questionnaire) and parenting style questionnaire PSDQ (Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire).
RESULTS:Totally 432 valid questionnaires were retrieved with a recovery rate of 75.79%. The levels of initiative and self-regulation of 5-y children were higher than those of children aged 3 or 4 (all <0.01); the level of attachment/relationship of 5-y children was higher than that of children aged 4 (<0.01); the levels of initiative and self-regulation of girls were higher than those of boys (<0.05 or <0.01). The negative affect dimension of temperament was negatively correlated with resilience (all <0.05), while the effortful control and authoritative parenting styles were positively correlated with resilience (all <0.05). The negative affect and effortful control were able to partially predict resilience of children through authoritative parenting style (mediating effect were-0.0143 and 0.0363).
CONCLUSIONS:Preschoolers aged 3-5 years with different age and gender show differences in resilience, and parenting styles may play a mediating effect between temperament and resilience.
