Connectedness and autonomy in parent-child relationships: Links to children's socioemotional orientation and peer relationships

Personal narrative conversations between mothers and their 5-year-old children (N = 192) were videotaped at home and rated for the qualities of connectedness between the dyad and the parent's support for the child's autonomy. Connectedness was found to predict the children's socioemotional orientation (prosocial, asocial, and excluded by peers) and their relationships with their peers (peer group acceptance and the number of mutual friends) in kindergarten. The effects of autonomy support were found to be dependent on the level of connectedness in predicting childrens' friendships. Finally, the relationship between parent-child connectedness and the child's peer relationships was mediated by the child's prosocial/empathic orientation toward peers.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Clark, Karen Edith

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ladd, Gary W.

• Psychology, Developmental
• Psychology, Clinical
• Sociology, Individual and Family Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Clark, Karen Edith

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9624318
(UMI)AAI9624318

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22353