Importance of Maternal Persistence in Young Children's Persistence

Abstract

Persistence of a distant goal is an important personality trait that determines academic and social success. Recent studies have shown that individual differences in persistence involve both genetic and environmental factors; however, these studies have not examined the role of maternal factors on a young children's persistence. The present study examined whether mothers' persistence is associated with persistence in children aged 3-6 years. In addition, the associations between mothers' persistence/parenting style and children's self-control/social development (prosocial behaviors and difficulties) were examined. Our results showed that maternal persistence is essential for the child's persistence. Children's self-control and social development were also associated with the mothers' persistence and parenting style. Our findings suggest that a young child's persistence may develop under the influence of a familiar adult (i.e., mother) and characterizes their social development, highlighting the importance of persistence in parenting.

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@article{imafuku2021importance,
  title = {{Importance of Maternal Persistence in Young Children's Persistence}},
  author = {Imafuku, Masahiro and Saito, Atsuko and Hosokawa, Kenchi and Okanoya, Kazuo and Hosoda, Chihiro},
  journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  volume = {12},
  pages = {726583},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2021.726583}
}

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