Article,
Einfluss eines schwierigen frühkindlichen Temperaments auf die Qualität der Mutter-Kind-Interaktion unter psychosozialen Risikolagen
Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, (March 2018)
DOI: 10.1026/0049-8637/a000181
Abstract
The quality of the early home learning environment, especially of maternal interaction behavior, strongly influences child development. Our study investigated whether this quality is reduced by a difficult child temperament in the presence of the cumulated strains of maternal coping capacities. We draw on 2,190 cases from Starting Cohort 1 of the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) when children were 6 – 8 months old. The quality of parent–child interactions was assessed in the household context by video coding of semistructured play situations, all other variables were examined via computer-assisted interviews. While there was no relationship in the nonrisk sample, in the risk sample (with at least three cumulated strains) children’s negative affectivity but not their regulatory capacities clearly reduced the interaction quality. This suggests that a difficult temperament poses an additional developmental risk for children growing up under demanding circumstances.
