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Session Type: Paper Symposium
The field of child development has a long and rich history of research on parenting and parent-child interactions. Despite wide recognition of the fact that parent-child interaction profoundly influence child development, much remains unknown about the precise, dynamic processes that shape parent-child interactions.
This symposium brings together four different international research groups that zoom in on novel, understudied aspects of parent-child dynamics and how they shape children’s behavioral, academic, and socio-emotional development. Using a multidisciplinary perspective that combines findings from experimental psychology, developmental psychopathology, and neurobiology, this symposium contributes to holistic insights into the dynamic processes in parent-child interactions. The first two presentations combine findings from experimental and intervention research to highlight the role of positive parenting behaviors in parent-child dynamics. Specifically, the first presentation uses observational, physiological, and self-report measures to investigate how negative child behaviors in parent-child interactions elicit distinct parenting behaviors, whereas the second presentation uses meta-analytic data to emphasize which positive parenting behaviors help to reduce negative child behaviors. The last two presentations combine findings from developmental psychopathology, educational research, and neurobiology to examine how positive parenting behaviors affect positive child developmental processes. Specifically, the third presentation uses longitudinal data to examine how positive parenting behaviors might mediate the link between parent-child dynamics over time, while the fourth uses neuroimaging to disentangle how positive parenting behaviors relate to brain responses during parent-child interactions.
Together, these insights refine our understanding of dynamic processes underlying parent-child interactions and how they can nurture positive child development and functioning.
Parental Reactivity to Disruptive Child Behavior – An Experimental Study - Presenting Author: Susanne Schulz, Utrecht University; Non-Presenting Author: Patty Leijten, University of Amsterdam; Non-Presenting Author: Daniel S. Shaw, University of Pittsburgh; Non-Presenting Author: Geertjan Overbeek, University of Amsterdam
Unpacking “Positive Parenting:” What to Teach Parents to Reduce Disruptive Child Behavior? - Presenting Author: Patty Leijten, University of Amsterdam; Non-Presenting Author: Frances Gardner, Oxford University; Non-Presenting Author: G.J. Melendez-Torres, Cardiff University; Non-Presenting Author: Jolien van Aar, University of Amsterdam; Non-Presenting Author: Judy Hutchings, Bangor University; Non-Presenting Author: Susanne Schulz, Utrecht University; Non-Presenting Author: Wendy Knerr, University of Glasgow; Oxford University; Non-Presenting Author: Geertjan Overbeek, University of Amsterdam
The Association Between Increases in Maternal Education and Child Behavioral and Academic Outcomes - Presenting Author: Samantha R. Awada, Northern Illinois University; Non-Presenting Author: Elizabeth C. Shelleby, Northern Illinois University
Studying Neural Mechanisms of Parenting Influence on Adolescent Emotion Regulation With an fMRI Dyadic Interaction - Presenting Author: Kara L. Kerr, Oklahoma State University; Non-Presenting Author: Kelly T Cosgrove, Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Non-Presenting Author: Erin L. Ratliff, Oklahoma State University; Non-Presenting Author: Kaiping Burrows, Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Non-Presenting Author: Andrew J Moore, Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Non-Presenting Author: Danielle Deville, Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Non-Presenting Author: Jerzy Bodurka, Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Non-Presenting Author: W. Kyle Simmons, Janssen Research and Development; Non-Presenting Author: Amanda Sheffield Morris, Oklahoma State University