Parenting Behaviors Associated with the Maintenance of Preschoolers' Interests: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Leibham, Mary E.; Alexander, Joyce M.; Johnson, Kathy E.; Neitzel, Carin L.; Reis-Henrie, Fabiola P.
Titel	Parenting Behaviors Associated with the Maintenance of Preschoolers' Interests: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology: An International Lifespan Journal, 26 (2005) 4, S.397-414 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2005.05.001
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Student Interests; Parent Child Relationship; Parenting Styles; Parent Attitudes; Parent Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Studieninteresse; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Elternverhalten
Abstract	This study examined whether specific parental beliefs and behaviors were related to the maintenance of preschoolers' early interests in conceptual domains. Assessments of home environments and interest support between ages 4 and 5 years were used to predict different types of child interest profiles over an ensuing 24-month period. Subtle differences in home environments and parental attitudes were noticeable at interest inception between a subgroup of children who sustained long-term individual interests and a subgroup that did not. In particular, parents of children with long-term individual interests tended to place a heavier emphasis on academic stimulation, the role of curiosity in learning, and provided more interest-related materials in the home than parents of children with shorter-term interests. Implications for ontogenetic models of interest development are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10