The Influence Of Family Education And Temperament On The Adaptive Behavior Of Young Children In The Collective

This study explored the relationships between parenting style and temperament and maladaptive behavior in groups among 476 Chinese children (the average age= 4.52, SD=0.95). It, in particular, aimed to examine the possible mediating role of temperament in the prediction of parenting style and the maladaptive behavior of children. The research results go as follows.Firstly, parenting style predicted maladaptive behavior of children in groups significantly. Mothers’ authoritative parenting style significantly and negatively predicted the maladaptive behavior of children; Fathers’ authoritative parenting style significantly and positively predicted interpersonal trouble; Fathers’ authoritarian parenting style significantly and positively predicted interpersonal trouble, hyperactivity, impulsivity; Fathers’ permissive parenting style significantly and positively predicted hyperactivity, low adaptability and rule violation.Secondly, temperament significantly predicted the maladaptive behavior of children in groups. Surgency of children’s temperament significantly and positively predicted maladaptive behavior; Effortful control significantly and negatively predicted the maladaptive behavior of children; Negative affect significantly and positively predicted interpersonal trouble, hyperactivity, low adaptability and impulsivity.Finally, the relationship between the parenting style and the maladaptive of children was partially mediated by temperament. Effortful control partially mediated the relationship between mothers’authoritative parenting style and interpersonal trouble, hyperactivity, low adaptability, rule violation and impulsivity.