Dyadic development in the family: Stability in mother-child relationship quality from infancy to adolescence.

ABSTRACT: A central concern of family psychology and developmental science is assessing the stability or instability (i.e., relative standing) of family-level constructs across time. Almost exclusively, such constructs have heretofore been unitary variables. Using a longitudinal design, for the first time, this study traces the developmental stability of the dyadic construct of mother-child relationship quality from infancy to adolescence. Multiple age-appropriate measures converging on the construct of relationship quality were assessed in 375 mother-child dyads at 4 times: 5 months and 4, 10, and 14 years. Mother-child relationship quality showed stability (βs = .18-.53) in all families together, in families with girls and boys, and when family socioeconomic status was controlled. Consistent patte

SUBMITTER: Bornstein MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7865016 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature