title: The influence of maternal child-rearing attitudes and teaching behaviors on preschoolers' delay of gratification.
abstract: This study was an exploratory examination of the influence of mothers' teaching behaviors, strategies, and child-rearing attitudes on their children's ability to delay gratification. In an externally imposed delay of gratification situation, 30 mothers from a rural university community taught their children strategies that could help them refrain from touching a brightly wrapped present when the mothers left the room. Results showed that mothers of children who did not delay gratification exhibited teaching behaviors and child-rearing attitudes consistent with a permissive parenting style, whereas mothers of children who did delay gratification exhibited teaching behaviors and child-rearing attitudes consistent with an authoritative parenting style. The results of this study are discussed with respect to the development of children's self-control and self-regulatory abilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Miami University, USA.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.forename: Y R
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D014743:Videotape Recording