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Adolescent Peer Crowd Self-Identification, Attributional Style And Perceptions Of Parenting, Patrick Heaven, Joseph Ciarrochi, Wilhelmina Vialle, Ieva Cechavicuite Jul 2015

Adolescent Peer Crowd Self-Identification, Attributional Style And Perceptions Of Parenting, Patrick Heaven, Joseph Ciarrochi, Wilhelmina Vialle, Ieva Cechavicuite

joseph Ciarrochi

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A New Measure Of Toddler Parenting Practices And Associations With Attachment And Mothers' Sensitivity, Competence, And Enjoyment Of Parenting, Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Haley Webb, Rae Thomas, Stefanie Klag Apr 2015

A New Measure Of Toddler Parenting Practices And Associations With Attachment And Mothers' Sensitivity, Competence, And Enjoyment Of Parenting, Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Haley Webb, Rae Thomas, Stefanie Klag

Rae Thomas

Self-determination theorists argue that parents can support or thwart their children’s psychological needs for relatedness, autonomy, and competence. The first aim of this study was to develop a measure to assess six dimensions of parenting theoretically linked to meeting toddlers’ needs. The second aim was to examine the associations of these dimensions with mothers’ sensitivity, attachment, and parenting attitudes. Participants were 61 mothers who expressed having parenting difficulties. Mothers completed questionnaires to assess their warmth, autonomy support, structure, rejection, coercion, and chaos, and self-reported their parenting competence and enjoyment. Mother–toddler interactions were observed to assess mothers’ sensitivity, and attachment was …


Like Father, Like Son, Katrina Bramstedt Mar 2015

Like Father, Like Son, Katrina Bramstedt

Katrina A. Bramstedt

This is a review of the Japanese film, Like Father, Like Son. The movie tells the story of two families attempting to resolve the dilemma of learning that their 6-year old sons are actually not their biological children, but rather children swapped at birth by a nurse with malicious intent.