When, How and Why Child Caregivers Respond to Children's Behaviors

Autor:	Eva L. Essa
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Early childhood education Child care Social Psychology Aggression Pediatrics Focus group Developmental psychology Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Active listening medicine.symptom Attribution Psychology Discipline Qualitative research Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Early Child Development and Care. 141:15-29
ISSN:	1476-8275 0300-4430
Popis:	In a qualitative study, 42 child caregivers participated in one of six focus groups. They were asked to address three questions in open‐ended discussion. “What child behaviors are of concern to you?”, “How do you respond to these behaviors?”, and “How do you make the decision about your response?” Responses were analyzed and categorized to examine when, how, and why caregivers discipline young children. Results showed that aggression, not listening, and sexually‐related behaviors were most often mentioned by caregivers as behaviors of concern to them. The most frequently mentioned disciplinary strategies were time‐out, explanation, and redirection. The question related to how caregivers make decisions about responding to misbehaviors was analyzed in terms of attributions made by caregivers about misbehaviors. The majority of caregivers indicated that their response was dependent of the circumstances. Most frequently mentioned attributions were about the children themselves, for instance, their age, gender...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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