Social Competence in Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs: The Roles of Parental Knowledge, Expectations, Attunement, and Attitudes toward Child Independence
Little research has empirically addressed the relationships among parental knowledge of child development, parental attunement, parental expectations, and child independence in predicting the social competence of infants and toddlers with special health care needs. We used baseline data from the Str...
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| author | Debra Zand Katherine Pierce Nicole Thomson M. Waseem Baig Cristiana Teodorescu Sohail Nibras Rolanda Maxim |
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| description | Little research has empirically addressed the relationships among parental knowledge of child development, parental attunement, parental expectations, and child independence in predicting the social competence of infants and toddlers with special health care needs. We used baseline data from the Strengthening Families Project, a prevention intervention study that tested Bavolek’s Nurturing Program for Parents and Their Children with Health Challenges to explore the roles of these variables in predicting social competence in infants and toddlers with special health care needs. Bivariate relationships among the study variables were explored and used to develop and test a model for predicting social competence among these children. Study findings pointed to a combination of indirect and direct influences of parent variables in predicting social competence. Results indicated that parents who encouraged healthy behaviors for developing a sense of power/independence were more likely to have children with social competence developing on schedule. Elements related to parental expectations, however, did not have the hypothesized relationships to social competence. The present study provides preliminary data to support the development of knowledge based interventions. Within medical settings, such interventions may indeed maximize benefit while minimizing cost. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-37bd5da6082245e9a80f65e1e0eeb0192022-12-21T19:57:54ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672014-02-011152010.3390/children1010005children1010005Social Competence in Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs: The Roles of Parental Knowledge, Expectations, Attunement, and Attitudes toward Child IndependenceDebra Zand0Katherine Pierce1Nicole Thomson2M. Waseem Baig3Cristiana Teodorescu4Sohail Nibras5Rolanda Maxim6Knights of Columbus Child Development Center, Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3800 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USAKnights of Columbus Child Development Center, Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3800 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Missouri–Saint Louis, 5400 Arsenal, St. Louis, MO 63139, USAKnights of Columbus Child Development Center, Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3800 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USAKnights of Columbus Child Development Center, Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3800 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USAKnights of Columbus Child Development Center, Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3800 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USAKnights of Columbus Child Development Center, Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3800 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USALittle research has empirically addressed the relationships among parental knowledge of child development, parental attunement, parental expectations, and child independence in predicting the social competence of infants and toddlers with special health care needs. We used baseline data from the Strengthening Families Project, a prevention intervention study that tested Bavolek’s Nurturing Program for Parents and Their Children with Health Challenges to explore the roles of these variables in predicting social competence in infants and toddlers with special health care needs. Bivariate relationships among the study variables were explored and used to develop and test a model for predicting social competence among these children. Study findings pointed to a combination of indirect and direct influences of parent variables in predicting social competence. Results indicated that parents who encouraged healthy behaviors for developing a sense of power/independence were more likely to have children with social competence developing on schedule. Elements related to parental expectations, however, did not have the hypothesized relationships to social competence. The present study provides preliminary data to support the development of knowledge based interventions. Within medical settings, such interventions may indeed maximize benefit while minimizing cost.http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/1/1/5social competenceinfanttoddlerattunementparental knowledgeindependence |
| spellingShingle | Debra Zand Katherine Pierce Nicole Thomson M. Waseem Baig Cristiana Teodorescu Sohail Nibras Rolanda Maxim Social Competence in Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs: The Roles of Parental Knowledge, Expectations, Attunement, and Attitudes toward Child Independence Children social competence infant toddler attunement parental knowledge independence |
| title | Social Competence in Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs: The Roles of Parental Knowledge, Expectations, Attunement, and Attitudes toward Child Independence |
| title_full | Social Competence in Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs: The Roles of Parental Knowledge, Expectations, Attunement, and Attitudes toward Child Independence |
| title_fullStr | Social Competence in Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs: The Roles of Parental Knowledge, Expectations, Attunement, and Attitudes toward Child Independence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Competence in Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs: The Roles of Parental Knowledge, Expectations, Attunement, and Attitudes toward Child Independence |
| title_short | Social Competence in Infants and Toddlers with Special Health Care Needs: The Roles of Parental Knowledge, Expectations, Attunement, and Attitudes toward Child Independence |
| title_sort | social competence in infants and toddlers with special health care needs the roles of parental knowledge expectations attunement and attitudes toward child independence |
| topic | social competence infant toddler attunement parental knowledge independence |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/1/1/5 |
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