title: Maternal responsivity in mothers of young children with Down syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine maternal responsivity and directive behaviors in mothers of children with Down syndrome (DS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants included 22 mothers with a young child with DS compared to 22 mothers of chronologically age-matched typically developing (TD) children using a cross-sectional design. The dyads participated in videotaped structured activities that were coded for responsive and directive behaviors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  RESULTS indicated that the mothers of children with DS used a more facilitative style with the older children while these behaviors decreased with older children with TD; one directive behavior, request for behavioral comply, increased with the older children with DS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mothers of children with DS adapted their parenting style to be facilitative of their children's linguistic development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison, WI , USA.
authors.forename: Audra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sterling
authors.forename: Steven F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers; D016487:Parenting
keywords: Down syndrome; Intellectual disability; language development; maternal responsivity; parent–child interactions