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Parent behavior refers to those practices and actions taken by parents in the course of child rearing that influence child behavior and relate either positively or negatively to child outcomes.
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That the behavior of parents, specifically, and overall family functioning, more generally, affects several aspects of child development is a long held and repeatedly documented finding in child psychology. That is, the ways in which parents interact with their children as well as oversee and manage their behavior has long been understood to influence children’s cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral development. Although many aspects of parenting can be referred to as “parent behavior”, those issues related to the broad distinction between coercive and noncoercive parenting are characterized as such based on observable behavior and provide concrete examples of the differing ways in which overt...
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Everett, G.E. (2011). Parent Behavior. In: Goldstein, S., Naglieri, J.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_2076
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