Chinese child unsociability, maternal maladaptive parenting, and peer exclusion among preschoolers: A cross-lagged model
Bowen Xiao
Shanghai Early Childhood Education College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorWanjuan Weng
Shanghai Early Childhood Education College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Data curation, Project administration, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorLongfei Wang
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Contribution: Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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Yan Li
Shanghai Early Childhood Education College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Correspondence
Yan Li, Shanghai Early Childhood Education College, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorBowen Xiao
Shanghai Early Childhood Education College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorWanjuan Weng
Shanghai Early Childhood Education College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Contribution: Data curation, Project administration, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorLongfei Wang
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Contribution: Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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Yan Li
Shanghai Early Childhood Education College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Correspondence
Yan Li, Shanghai Early Childhood Education College, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
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Previous research has consistently found that unsociability is linked to adjustment difficulties in Chinese children. However, far less attention has been paid to how parents and peers react when confronted with unsociable children. In this study, we explored the longitudinal linkages among Chinese preschoolers' unsociability, maladaptive parenting, and peer exclusion. Participants were mothers and teachers of N = 391 (Mage = 4.4 years, SD = 0.91 years; 54.5% boys) preschoolers attending eight kindergartens in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, followed over 8 months. Multi-source assessments were employed. Mothers rated children's unsociability and their maladaptive (physical hostility, verbal hostility, punishment) parenting practices, and teachers rated children's peer exclusion at each time point. Our results indicated that child unsociability contributed to later increases in both maladaptive parenting and peer exclusion. However, maladaptive parenting and peer exclusion could not predict later increases in unsociability. Results are discussed in terms of the implications of unsociability among Chinese children.
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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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