Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
On the Broader Significance of Maternal Sensitivity: Mothers’ Early and Later Sensitive Parenting Matter to Children's Language, Executive Function, Academics, and Self‐Reliance
Originally published 2025-01-01 · Developmental Science
Wiley · DOI 10.1111/desc.13594 ↗
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Does sensitive parenting matter beyond the baby years?
The paper follows sensitive caregiving across developmental stages, offering a longer view of how dependable relationships coexist with growing skills and self-reliance.
Who was studied?
National longitudinal dataset of 1,364 children; 80% White
Age / stage: Infancy through age 15
Read with three questions
- How did the analysis separate stable between-family differences from within-family changes?
- Which developmental stages and outcomes were examined?
- Why do stable associations not prove that a specific parenting change caused an outcome?
Keep the limits in view
The analysis was observational, maternal-focused and did not examine cultural processes or time-varying risk factors. Measurement timing also constrained some early cross-domain models.
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Joan E Foley; Thomas M Olino; Marsha Weinraub (2025). On the Broader Significance of Maternal Sensitivity: Mothers’ Early and Later Sensitive Parenting Matter to Children's Language, Executive Function, Academics, and Self‐Reliance Developmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13594
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