Mothers\u27 Temperament and Personality: Their Roles in Parenting Behaviors, Parent Locus of Control, and the Outcomes of Young Children

Many researchers have used the terms \u27temperament\u27 and \u27personality\u27 interchangeably when describing parents\u27 behavioral styles. Although individual relationships among parents\u27 temperament and personality, parenting behaviors, other parent characteristics, and young children\u27s outcomes have been documented in the literature, parents\u27 temperament and personality have not been examined collectively in conjunction with parenting and child outcome variables. As part of this study, 214 culturally diverse mothers with young children who ranged in age from 2- to 6-years rated their own temperament and personality, their parenting characteristics, and their young child\u27s functioning (i.e., temperament and emotional and behavioral functioning). When examining mothers\u27 temperament and personality together, factor analyses revealed a three-factor solution (i.e., General Life Approach, Rhythmicity, and Sticktoitiveness) and suggested that temperament and personality generally were separate but related constructs. Hierarchical and mediation regression analyses suggested the importance of examining both temperament and personality in the context of parenting behaviors and the outcomes experienced by young children. Overall, these findings suggested that mothers\u27 temperament and personality play a significant role in parenting young children and optimizing young child outcomes. These findings are particularly helpful for professionals working with families experiencing difficulties dealing with their young child\u27s difficult temperament styles as well as difficult emotional and behavioral functioning

Mothers\u27 History of Child Maltreatment and Regulation Abilities: Interactions Among Young Children\u27s Temperament, Attachment, and Maltreatment Potential

Given the impact that parents\u27 and young children\u27s characteristics have on the potential for child maltreatment, the present study sought to examine how mothers\u27 ratings of their own childhood maltreatment, their psychological symptoms, their regulation abilities (i.e., emotion regulation, reflective functioning, attributions, and coping with young children\u27s negative emotions), and their perceptions of their young children\u27s temperament were related to their narratives of their attachment relationships with their young children and their child maltreatment potential. As part of this study, 54 mothers rated themselves and their young children on the aforementioned variables. Binary logistic hierarchical regression analysis suggested that mothers\u27 higher levels of nonsupportive coping styles were associated significantly with an increased likelihood of an unbalanced (insecure) narrative of attachment with their young children. Hierarchical and moderation regression analyses suggested the importance of examining mothers\u27 ratings of their own childhood maltreatment, psychological symptoms, nonsupportive coping styles, and mothers\u27 perceptions of their young children\u27s temperament in predicting mothers\u27 child maltreatment potential. In addition, mediation analyses suggested that both mothers\u27 emotion regulation and reflective functioning were important in predicting coping styles. Finally, exploratory analyses suggested that mothers\u27 emotion regulation and psychological symptoms were important predictors of mothers\u27 child maltreatment potential. Overall, these findings suggested that both mothers\u27 characteristics and their ratings of their young children\u27s temperament played a significant role in the prediction of their narratives of their attachment relationships with their young children and mothers\u27 child maltreatment potential. These findings will be particularly helpful for professionals who work with high risk families, particularly those who are at risk for child maltreatment

The preparation of certain film slides and film strips for use in the training of a marching band.

Thesis (M.M.E.)--Boston Universit

Dentro de Redoma de Vidro: o duplo no romance de Sylvia Plath

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura, Florianópolis, 2010Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o "duplo" em A Redoma de Vidro, único romance de Sylvia Plath que foi lançado, inicialmente, sob o pseudônimo de Victoria Lucas, espécie de alter-ego da escritora. Através de elementos da Teoria da Literatura associados à crítica psicanalítica e às estéticas culturais, procurou-se refletir sobre o tema do duplo e seus desdobramentos: alter-ego, dupla personalidade, pseudônimo, narcisismo, imagem e reflexo e alguns elementos místicos como o espelho e a máscara. Dessa forma, o trabalho é dividido em três grandes capítulos: Sylvia Plath - As faces de Lady Lazarus; O estudo sobre o duplo e seus desdobramentos e Por dentro da Redoma de Vidro: o duplo no romance. O desnudar d'A Redoma de Vidro perspassa por um processo simbólico através de um jogo de espelhos que trafega na narrativa, desdobra-se em traços subjetivos e metafóricos tecidos cuidadosamente para formar essa redoma tão bem construída por Sylvia Plath.This dissertation intends to analyze the .double. on .A Redoma de Vidro., Sylvia Plath´s only novel which was published, originally, under the pseudonym of Victoria Lucas, a kind of alter ego of the writer. Through elements of Literature Theory in association with the psychoanalytical critique and cultural aesthetics, the work saught to reflect on the "double" theme and its developments: alter ego, double personality, pseudonym, narcissism, image and reflex and some mythical elements such as the mirror and the mask. In this way the dissertation unveils itself in three major chapters: Sylvia Plath # Lady Lazarus´ faces, The Study on the Double and its Developments and .A Redoma de Vidro. from within: The Double on the Novel. The unveiling of .A Redoma de Vidro. is marked by a symbolic process through a set of mirrors which navigates the narrative, unfolds in subjective and metaphoric traces carefully woven together and form this redome so well constructed by Sylvia Plath

Mr. Puff's Repudiation of Mr. Simple.

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