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2-175 - Parent-Child Dynamics and Child Development: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Fri, March 22, 3:00 to 4:30pm, Baltimore Convention Center, Floor: Level 3, Room 320

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

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.

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