OBJECTIVE: This article examined two-wave longitudinal paths among maternal self-efficacy, maternal warmth, and early adolescents' prosocial behavior. DESIGN: Participants were 194 Italian mother/child dyads from 9-13 years at the first assessment and 12-15 years at the second assessment. Using a two-wave longitudinal design, the present study tested cross-lagged paths among maternal self-efficacy, warmth, and early adolescents' prosocial behavior controlling for the stability of these variables and their concurrent associations. RESULTS: Maternal warmth mediated the link between maternal self-efficacy and adolescents' prosocial behavior, and bi-directional effects between maternal self-efficacy and maternal warmth were found. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support a parent-driven model in the promotion of prosocial behaviors across early adolescence and a general need to consider simultaneously parental cognitions (maternal self-efficacy) and actions (maternal warmth) in explaining adolescents' prosocial behaviors. Implications for parenting program interventions are discussed.
OBJECTIVE: This article examined two-wave longitudinal paths among maternal self-efficacy, maternal warmth, and early adolescents' prosocial behavior. DESIGN: Participants were 194 Italian mother/child dyads from 9-13 years at the first assessment and 12-15 years at the second assessment. Using a two-wave longitudinal design, the present study tested cross-lagged paths among maternal self-efficacy, warmth, and early adolescents' prosocial behavior controlling for the stability of these variables and their concurrent associations. RESULTS: Maternal warmth mediated the link between maternal self-efficacy and adolescents' prosocial behavior, and bi-directional effects between maternal self-efficacy and maternal warmth were found. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support a parent-driven model in the promotion of prosocial behaviors across early adolescence and a general need to consider simultaneously parental cognitions (maternal self-efficacy) and actions (maternal warmth) in explaining adolescents' prosocial behaviors. Implications for parenting program interventions are discussed.
Authors: Bernadette P Luengo Kanacri; Antonio Zuffiano; Concetta Pastorelli; Gloria Jiménez-Moya; Liliana U Tirado; Eriona Thartori; Maria Gerbino; Patricio Cumsille; Maria L Martinez Journal: Int J Psychol Date: 2019-06-24
Authors: Diane L Putnick; Marc H Bornstein; Jennifer E Lansford; Patrick S Malone; Concetta Pastorelli; Ann T Skinner; Emma Sorbring; Sombat Tapanya; Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado; Arnaldo Zelli; Liane Peña Alampay; Suha M Al-Hassan; Dario Bacchini; Anna Silvia Bombi; Lei Chang; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Laura Di Giunta; Kenneth A Dodge; Paul Oburu Journal: J Child Psychol Psychiatry Date: 2014-12-10 Impact factor: 8.982
Authors: Diego Palacios; Christian Berger; Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri; René Veenstra; Jan Kornelis Dijkstra Journal: J Youth Adolesc Date: 2019-09-03