Grateful parents raising grateful children: Niche selection and the socialization of child gratitude
Autor: | Irina L. Mokrova, Andrea M. Hussong, Philip R. Costanzo, William A. Rothenberg, Amy G. Halberstadt, Hillary A. Langley, Gregory A. Egerton, Jennifer L. Coffman |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Childhood development
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Socialization 050109 social psychology Article Structural equation modeling Developmental psychology Gratitude Developmental and Educational Psychology Selection (linguistics) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology Association (psychology) Social psychology Applied Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
Zdroj: | Applied Developmental Science. 21:106-120 |
ISSN: | 1532-480X 1088-8691 |
Popis: | Given that children’s exposure to gratitude-related activities may be one way that parents can socialize gratitude in their children, we examined whether parents’ niche selection (i.e., tendency to choose perceived gratitude-inducing activities for their children) mediates the association between parents’ reports of their own and their children's gratitude. Parent-child dyads (N =101; children aged 6-9; 52% girls; 80% Caucasian; 85% mothers) participated in a laboratory visit and parents also completed a seven-day online diary regarding children’s gratitude. Decomposing specific indirect effects within a structural equation model, we found that parents high in gratitude were more likely to set goals to use niche selection as a gratitude socialization strategy, and thereby more likely to place their children in gratitude-related activities. Placement in these activities, in turn, was associated with more frequent expression of gratitude in children. We describe future directions for research on parents’ role in socializing gratitude in their children. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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