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Parenting Practices at 24 to 47 Months and IQ at Age 8: Effect-Measure Modification by Infant Temperament

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  • Shiau Yun Chong
  • Catherine R Chittleborough
  • Tess Gregory
  • Murthy N Mittinty
  • John W Lynch
  • Lisa G Smithers

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Cognitive development might be influenced by parenting practices and child temperament. We examined whether the associations between parental warmth, control and intelligence quotient (IQ) may be heightened among children in difficult temperament. Participants were from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (n = 7,044). Temperament at 6 months was measured using the Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire and classified into ‘easy’ and ‘difficult’. Parental warmth and control was measured at 24 to 47 months and both were classified into 2 groups using latent class analyses. IQ was measured at 8 years using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and dichotomized (

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  • Shiau Yun Chong & Catherine R Chittleborough & Tess Gregory & Murthy N Mittinty & John W Lynch & Lisa G Smithers, 2016. "Parenting Practices at 24 to 47 Months and IQ at Age 8: Effect-Measure Modification by Infant Temperament," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(3), pages 1-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0152452
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152452
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