Maternal contingency at 12 months predicts children's effortful control at 24 months, explaining 14% unique variance¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1–r2 · q2 · i2–i3
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i3 A partial correlation of 12-month contingency with 24-month delay task scores, controlling for 12-month Grasping Task performance, yielded r = .38 and R2 = .14. → Dave Neale & David Whitebread 2019 q2 i2 12-month contingency also correlated concurrently with Grasping Task scores (r = .36) and delay task scores (r = .46). → Dave Neale & David Whitebread 2019 (2)

Evidence¶

Dave Neale & David Whitebread 2019¶

Dave Neale & David Whitebread. (2019). Maternal scaffolding during play with 12- to 24-month-old infants: stability over time and relations with emerging effortful control. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-019-09196-6

q2 · i3 · associational · r2

Partial correlation analysis in the longitudinal sample controlling for 12-month Grasping Task ratio, following a regression in which 12-month effortful control, contingency and directiveness explained 21% of variance in 24-month effortful control. The article reports r = .38 and "explained 14% unique variance".

"The result, r =. 3 8 ,p =. 0 5 2 ( t w o - t a i l e d ) ,R2 = .14, suggested that contingency at 12-months had a medium effect on effortful control development over the subsequent year and explained 14% unique variance in effortful control at 24-months."

Dave Neale & David Whitebread 2019 (2)¶

Dave Neale & David Whitebread. (2019). Maternal scaffolding during play with 12- to 24-month-old infants: stability over time and relations with emerging effortful control. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-019-09196-6

q2 · i2 · associational · r1

Correlational analyses of all scaffolding variables at each time point against child effortful control and cognitive measures; the printed effect sizes were r = .36 with Grasping Task scores and r = .46 with delay task scores, with no significant correlations at 18 or 24 months.

"12-month contingency correlated with Grasping Task scores, r =. 3 6 , p = .04, and delay task scores, r =. 4 6 ,p = .01"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Children with low initial effortful control showed rising trajectories to above the mean only when their mothers were consistently contingent — related
• Maternal contingency is the only scaffolding variable related to child performance during scaffolding across all three time-points — related