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Parental social coaching promotes adolescent peer acceptance across the middle school transition

May 25, 2026 engeladmin Student Database

Author: Gregson, KD; Tu, KM; Erath, SA; Pettit, GS Description: The present study investigated longitudinal associations between behavioral and cognitive dimensions of parental social coaching (i.e., advice about how to behave or think about peer challenges) and young adolescents’ peer acceptance, and whether such associations are moderated by youths’ social skills. Time 1 (T1) participants included 123 young adolescents (M age = 12.03 years; 50% boys; 58.5% European American). Parents gave open-ended reports about their social coaching to hypothetical peer stress scenarios, which were coded from low to high quality…

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Experiences of parents of autistic children who adopted a cat

August 28, 2025 engeladmin Featured Database

Author: Carlisle, Gretchen K.; Lamontagne, Angelique; Bibbo, Jessica; Johnson, Rebecca A.; Lyons, Leslie A. Description: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication. Autistic children suffer from social cognitive difficulties. There is no specific treatment for ASD, but ongoing individualized care can lead to an improvement in symptoms. Adopting a pet into a family with an autistic child is increasingly recognized as beneficial for improving some of the child’s social skills. Cats are the second most common pet in the homes of autistic…

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Effects of restriction on children’s intake differ by child temperament, food reinforcement, and parent’s chronic use of restriction

March 31, 2022 engeladmin Student Database

Author: Rollins, B.Y.; Loken, E.; Savage, J.S.; Birch, L.L. Description: Parents’ use of restrictive feeding practices is counterproductive, increasing children’s intake of restricted foods and risk for excessive weight gain. The aims of this research were to replicate Fisher and Birch’s (1999b) original findings that short-term restriction increases preschool children’s (3-5 y) selection, intake, and behavioral response to restricted foods, and to identify characteristics of children who were more susceptible to the negative effects of restriction. The experiment used a within-subjects design; 37 children completed the food reinforcement task and…

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Parent discipline practices in an international sample: associations with child behaviors and moderation by perceived normativeness

March 2, 2022 engeladmin Student Database

Author: Gershoff, E.T.; Grogan-Kaylor, A.; Lansford, J.E.; Chang, L.; Zelli, A.; Deater-Deckard, K.; Dodge, K.A. Description: This study examined the associations of 11 discipline techniques with children’s aggressive and anxious behaviors in an international sample of mothers and children from 6 countries and determined whether any significant associations were moderated by mothers’ and children’s perceived normativeness of the techniques. Participants included 292 mothers and their 8- to 12-year-old children living in China, India, Italy, Kenya, Philippines, and Thailand. Parallel multilevel and fixed effects models revealed that mothers’ use of corporal…

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