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Parents’ Ethnotheories of Maladaptive Behavior in Young Children

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Olson, SL; Lansford, JE; Evans, EM; Blumstein, KP; Ip, KI
Published in: Child Development Perspectives
January 1, 2019

Parents’ culturally influenced belief systems, or ethnotheories, are critical components of children’s socialization. Beliefs about children’s desirable characteristics motivate specific parenting activities and moderate the effectiveness of childrearing practices. However, relatively little attention has been given to parents’ ethnotheories of children’s undesirable behavior. From a few studies, we know that parents have culturally specific theories about the nature and management of children’s maladaptive behavior that motivate their socialization practices. In this review, we identify gaps in the research and suggest that qualitative studies of parents’ ethnotheories about the nature and management of children’s deviant behavior have strong theoretical, empirical, and practical benefits for developmental science.

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Child Development Perspectives

DOI

EISSN

1750-8606

ISSN

1750-8592

Publication Date

January 1, 2019

Volume

13

Issue

3

Start / End Page

153 / 158

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Olson, S. L., Lansford, J. E., Evans, E. M., Blumstein, K. P., & Ip, K. I. (2019). Parents’ Ethnotheories of Maladaptive Behavior in Young Children. Child Development Perspectives, 13(3), 153–158. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12330
Olson, S. L., J. E. Lansford, E. M. Evans, K. P. Blumstein, and K. I. Ip. “Parents’ Ethnotheories of Maladaptive Behavior in Young Children.” Child Development Perspectives 13, no. 3 (January 1, 2019): 153–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12330.
Olson SL, Lansford JE, Evans EM, Blumstein KP, Ip KI. Parents’ Ethnotheories of Maladaptive Behavior in Young Children. Child Development Perspectives. 2019 Jan 1;13(3):153–8.
Olson, S. L., et al. “Parents’ Ethnotheories of Maladaptive Behavior in Young Children.” Child Development Perspectives, vol. 13, no. 3, Jan. 2019, pp. 153–58. Scopus, doi:10.1111/cdep.12330.
Olson SL, Lansford JE, Evans EM, Blumstein KP, Ip KI. Parents’ Ethnotheories of Maladaptive Behavior in Young Children. Child Development Perspectives. 2019 Jan 1;13(3):153–158.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child Development Perspectives

DOI

EISSN

1750-8606

ISSN

1750-8592

Publication Date

January 1, 2019

Volume

13

Issue

3

Start / End Page

153 / 158

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology