title: Mothers' and Fathers' Reports of their Supportive Responses to their Children's Negative Emotions over Time.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Parents' emotion socialization practices are thought to be moderately stable over time; however, a partner's socialization practices could initiate change.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined mothers' and fathers' reports of their supportive responses to their children's negative emotions when the target child was 7 years old and again at age 10. We tested a dyadic, longitudinal path model with 111 mother-father pairs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant actor and partner effects emerged. Parents' age 7 responses predicted their own age 10 responses and their partners' later responses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents' reported responses to children's negative emotions during middle childhood are predicted by their own earlier responses and by their partners' responses.
authors.affiliation: 800 W. Campbell Road, GR41, Richardson, TX 75080.
authors.forename: Jackie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
authors.forename: Nicole B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Calkins
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
authors.forename: Susan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Keane
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
authors.forename: Lilly
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shanahan