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Maternal propensity to scaffold during infant play is consistent both across toys and over time from 12 to 24 months

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2024: baselines and conditions change

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q2 i? Mothers who spent more time scaffolding at 12 and 18 months also spent more time scaffolding at 24 months, and propensity to scaffold correlated across the two toys at 12 months. → Dave Neale & David Whitebread 2019

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 · i? · associational · r1

Longitudinal correlational analysis of 36 mother-child dyads observed in dyadic play at 12, 18 and 24 months, testing consistency of scaffolding variables across toys and time. The article reports "a relatively robust aspect of maternal interaction style" for propensity to scaffold, with significant correlations across toys and time-points (Table 3).

"Parents who spent more time scaffolding at 12-months and 18-months also spent more time scaffolding at 24-months, suggesting that the propensity to scaffold variable may capture a relatively robust aspect of maternal interaction style."

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type claim
id propensity-to-scaffold-stable-across-toys-and-time
title Maternal propensity to scaffold during infant play is consistent both across toys and over time from 12 to 24 months
description Maternal propensity to scaffold during infant play is consistent both across toys and over time from 12 to 24 months
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 2019
recheck_by 2024
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-19
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