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Marc H Bornstein1, Diane L Putnick.
Abstract
The authors studied multiple parenting cognitions and practices in European American mothers (N=262) who ranged from 15 to 47 years of age. All were 1st-time parents of 20-month-old children. Some age effects were 0; others were linear or nonlinear. Nonlinear age effects determined by spline regression showed significant associations to a "knot" age (approximately 30 years), with little or no association afterward. For parenting cognitions and practices that are age-sensitive, a 2-phase model of parental development is proposed. The findings stress the importance of considering maternal chronological age as a factor in developmental study. Copyright 2007 APA.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17605519 PMCID: PMC5827928 DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.4.850
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dev Psychol ISSN: 0012-1649