Predictors of social development in childhood: potential and limitations of a conceptual model

Authors

  • Patrícia Alvarenga UFBA
  • Cesar Augusto Piccinini UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v11i1.7761

Keywords:

temperament, responsiveness, childrearing practices

Abstract

The conceptual model developed by G.R. Patterson and colleagues highlights the impact of childrearing practices on children’s social development and emphasizes the importance of investigating child temperament and maternal responsiveness in order to understand the origins of this process. In the present study, the potential and the limitations of this conceptual model are discussed through the analysis of some literature findings. The analysis of this material suggests both the potential of the conceptual model and its particular need for refinement of the following aspects: a) finding out the temperament and responsiveness dimensions relevant to the comprehension of social development; b) defining the effects of the combined use of coercive and noncoercive practices and of contingency on the use of these practices; c) analyzing the context of parent-child relationship in which these practices occur. Therefore, this study suggests the use of other types of research designs in order to make clear the interaction of these factors, thus avoiding simplistic assumptions about linear and direct relations.

Keywords: temperament; responsiveness; childrearing practices.

 

Author Biographies

Patrícia Alvarenga, UFBA

Patrícia Alvarenga fez seu doutorado na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. É professora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal da Bahia.

Cesar Augusto Piccinini, UFRGS

César Augusto Piccinini fez seu doutorado e pós-doutorado na Universidade de Londres. É professor do PPG em Psicologia da UFRGS e pesquisador do CNPq.

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Published

2007-11-30

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Alvarenga, P., & Piccinini, C. A. (2007). Predictors of social development in childhood: potential and limitations of a conceptual model. Interação Em Psicologia, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v11i1.7761

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2007)

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