LOW-INCOME LATINO IMMIGRANT MOTHERS AND THEIR TODDLERS: HOW DOES SOCIALIZATION PROMOTE INHIBITORY CONTROL SKILLS?

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dc.contributor.advisorCabrera, Natasha J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAldoney Ramirez, Danielaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-06T06:44:05Z
dc.date.available2016-02-06T06:44:05Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractExecutive function (EF), cognitive skills involved in planning and problem solving, includes inhibitory control as one of its major components. Inhibitory control skills and overall EF has been positively related to social, literacy, and math skills. Research on contextual factors has identified the quality of parenting and parental practices as important predictors of children’s EF skills. An emerging line of studies suggests that parental beliefs may also influence children’s EF. However, the literature has mostly focused on White middle-class children, so less is known about the way in which minority children living in low-income environments develop EF skills. Based on Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model, I examined how low-income Latino mothers’ beliefs (familism and self-efficacy) relate to the quality of the mother-child interaction (scaffolding and intrusiveness) and practices (routines in the home) and how these, in turn, relate to their toddlers’ inhibitory control skills. I also examined whether maternal warmth moderated the association between the quality of the mother-child interaction and children’s inhibitory control skills. I used a multi-method design to collect observational and self-reported data on 51 low-income Latino mothers and their toddlers. Using multiple regression analysis, I found that self-efficacy was positively related to having routines in the home. Familism was not related to the quality of the mother-child interaction or practices. Controlling for scaffolding, intrusiveness was negatively associated with children’s inhibitory control skills. Warmth did not moderate this association, supporting the notion that intrusiveness, even in low levels, has negative consequences for toddlers regardless of whether their mothers are also warm. Findings from this study help to further the understanding of how the early experiences of Latino toddlers support the development of inhibitory control skills.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M25M72
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/17306
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledDevelopmental psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledIndividual & family studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEarly socializationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledInhibitory control skillsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMaternal beliefsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMother-child interactionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledToddlerhooden_US
dc.titleLOW-INCOME LATINO IMMIGRANT MOTHERS AND THEIR TODDLERS: HOW DOES SOCIALIZATION PROMOTE INHIBITORY CONTROL SKILLS?en_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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