Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Examining Reciprocal Links between Parental Autonomy-Support and Children’s Peer Preference in Mainland China
Originally published 2021-06-16 · Children
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/children8060508 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
How might my child’s social experiences and their view of my parenting influence one another?
This paper tests the relationship between autonomy support and children’s peer experiences in both directions. Its null parent-to-peer finding adds an important check against overstating autonomy support’s effects.
Who was studied?
758 children recruited from public schools in Shanghai, China, followed across three years.
Age / stage: Late childhood to early adolescence; approximately 10–13 years
Read with three questions
- How did peer nominations differ from children’s reports of parenting?
- Which direction of prediction was supported across the three waves?
- Why should the null autonomy-support-to-peer-preference result remain visible?
Keep the limits in view
Autonomy support did not significantly predict later peer preference. Urban sampling, attrition, child-reported parenting, and the observational design limit causal and cross-cultural conclusions.
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Na Hu; Muzi Yuan; Junsheng Liu; Robert J Coplan; Ying Zhou; Amanda W Harrist; Michael M Criss (2021). Examining Reciprocal Links between Parental Autonomy-Support and Children’s Peer Preference in Mainland China Children. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060508
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