Early Socialization of Hostile Attribution Bias: The Roles of Parental Attributions, Parental Discipline, and Child Attributes.

ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to examine child and parent predictors of children's hostile attribution bias (HAB) with a particular focus on exploring the associations between parents' early attribution of child misbehavior and children's HAB in the transition to school-age. Participants were 241 children (118 girls) of middle-income families who were at risk for school-age conduct problems. Multi-method, multi-informant data were collected on maternal attributions of child misbehavior, parental use of corporal punishment, and child attributes (i.e., verbal IQ, effortful control, theory of mind, emotional understanding) at 3 years, and child HAB in ambiguous situations at 6 years. Results indicated that mothers' internal explanations for children's misconduct may either reduce or increase chi

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6764772 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature