Predictors of Stability/Change in Observed Parenting Patterns Across Early Childhood: A Latent Transition Approach.

ABSTRACT: Parenting has long been a topic of research based on its importance for family and child outcomes. Recent methodological advances in person-centered approaches suggest that our understanding of parenting could be further advanced by examining parenting typologies across various parenting behaviors longitudinally. Accordingly, the current study aims to examine latent transitions in parenting practice patterns across four annual assessments during early childhood and examine whether individual- and family-level factors at baseline discriminate parenting transition patterns. Data from four waves (ages 2, 3, 4, and 5) of a study of 731 caregiver-child dyads from a randomized controlled trial were used. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and Latent Transition Analysis (LTA) were conducted to investiga

SUBMITTER: Cheng CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11675536 | biostudies-literature | 2025 1st Quarter

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature