Attending to Task Demands: Systematic Observation of Parent Directives and Guidance in Varying Situational Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Rusby, Julie C.; Prinz, Ronald J.; Metzler, Carol W.; Crowley, Ryann; Sanders, Matthew R.
Titel	Attending to Task Demands: Systematic Observation of Parent Directives and Guidance in Varying Situational Contexts
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 51 (2022) 2, S.421-437 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rusby, Julie C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-021-09637-x
Schlagwörter	Parent Attitudes; Parenting Styles; Social Emotional Learning; Child Development; Interrater Reliability; Task Analysis; Parent Child Relationship; Intervention; Play; Child Behavior; Parenting Skills; Parent Education; Observation; Preschool Children; Young Children; Behavior Problems; Correlation; Outcomes of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Kindesentwicklung; Interrater-Reliabilität; Aufgabenanalyse; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Spiel; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Beobachtung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Frühe Kindheit; Korrelation; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	Background: Parenting strategies such as communicating clear expectations, providing calm directions, and teaching specific skills can strengthen young children's social-emotional development. Parenting programs for children with disruptive behavior often emphasize gaining compliance via effective directives, and less on how to facilitate child skill acquisition or on effective parenting for differing situations and task demands. Objective: We aimed to study how parenting strategies and associated child behavior vary by situational contexts. Specifically, we focused on the differential use of directives and guidance during different tasks. Method: This observation study utilized a microsocial coding system, the Parent-Child Play Task Observation System (PCPTOS), to closely examine parent and child interactions in multiple analogue task situations. The study drew on pre-intervention data for 224 parent-child dyads who participated in a parenting-focused intervention trial for children ages 3-7 who presented elevated levels of disruptive behaviors. Results: Interrater reliabilities were very good to excellent. Parents used directives more frequently during the clean-up task and guidance more frequently during the teaching task compared to the other tasks. Associations of parent use of directives and guidance with child behavior and affect differed by task. Observed parent directives were associated with child disruptive behavior during each task, whereas parent guidance was negatively associated with child disruptive behavior and positively associated with child positive affect during the teaching task. Conclusions: Parenting strategies that are well matched to the situational context and proactively consider task demands are more likely to facilitate children's social-emotional development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01