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Mother-toddler relationships: An intervention study and exploration of key variables
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Mother-toddler relationships: An intervention study and exploration of key variables

S A Esdaile and Ken Greenwood
Journal of Family Studies, Vol.1(2), pp.142-151
1995
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5172/jfs.1.2.142
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mother-child interaction child temperament and behaviour community-based intervention
This study examined relationships between toddler temperament and behaviour and maternal causal attributions, stress, and selfconcept as educator of the child. Participants were mothers and their 2 to 3.5-year old first children from the western metropolitan region of Melbourne. It included an intervention study (n=38 selected from a total of 101) and a survey (n=103) which examined mother-toddler variables in a group, combining the intervention study group and an additional 65 participants, recruited with conditions and characteristics to match this group. Participants' response to the intervention was favourable. No quantifiable posttest or follow-up changes were detected for groups, but some individuals had substantial score increases. Relationships between maternal stress, causal attributions, and self-concept as educator of the child differed according to mothers' perception of child temperament as easy or difficult and toddler's behaviour as problematic or age-appropriate. © 1995 eContent Management Pty Ltd.

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