TY - JOUR
T1 - Chinese preschoolers’ daily routine and its associations with parent-child relationships and child self-regulation
AU - Ren, Lixin
AU - Fan, Jieqiong
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: this work was supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Chinese Ministry of Education (No.17YJCZH141); Shanghai Pujiang Program (No.15PJC025); and Peak Discipline Construction Project of Education at East China Normal University.
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PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Popular parenting literature has often emphasized the importance of establishing predictable routines during early childhood. Using a sample of 688 Chinese preschool-aged children, the current study examined how child routines were related to parent-child relationships and self-regulation. This study first examined the psychometric properties of the Child Routines Questionnaire-Preschool among Chinese preschoolers. The instrument demonstrated sound reliability and validity. Furthermore, the findings showed that routines in children’s daily living, activities, and discipline were all positively related to parent-child closeness and negatively related to parent-child conflict, even after controlling for parenting styles. In addition, child routines were also associated with teacher-reported self-control and behavioral concerns. The current study provided initial evidence on the role of routines in promoting parent-child relationships and self-regulation among a Chinese sample of preschool-aged children.
AB - Popular parenting literature has often emphasized the importance of establishing predictable routines during early childhood. Using a sample of 688 Chinese preschool-aged children, the current study examined how child routines were related to parent-child relationships and self-regulation. This study first examined the psychometric properties of the Child Routines Questionnaire-Preschool among Chinese preschoolers. The instrument demonstrated sound reliability and validity. Furthermore, the findings showed that routines in children’s daily living, activities, and discipline were all positively related to parent-child closeness and negatively related to parent-child conflict, even after controlling for parenting styles. In addition, child routines were also associated with teacher-reported self-control and behavioral concerns. The current study provided initial evidence on the role of routines in promoting parent-child relationships and self-regulation among a Chinese sample of preschool-aged children.
KW - Child routines
KW - parent-child relationship
KW - parenting
KW - preschoolers
KW - self-regulation
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U2 - 10.1177/0165025418811126
DO - 10.1177/0165025418811126
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059354591
SN - 0165-0254
VL - 43
SP - 179
EP - 184
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Development
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Development
IS - 2
ER -