Katherine M Kitzmann
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 757145 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Katherine M Kitzmann |
| PRENOMES | Katherine M |
| SOBRENOME | Kitzmann |
| ASSINATURA | KITZMANN K M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Memphis |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 130 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Early Childhood Risk-Taking Behaviors in Chinese Parenting Environment
Research Findings: Parental supervision, parental risk perception, and parental risk attitudes constitute an important parenting environment for the development of young children. To examine the mechanisms of Chinese parenting environment on young children’s risk-taking behaviors, this study first established a four-factor model and surveyed 497 parents of preschoolers. The results indicated that: (1) Chinese young children’s risk-taking was at m…
An exploratory study of salient family risk factors in relation to preschoolers’ unintentional injury in northwest China
Unintentional injury among Chinese preschoolers is an under-researched area. This study examined four salient risk factors underlying unintentional injury; these risk factors have been studied in samples of older children, but not preschoolers, in China. In light of an ecological systems theory, these factors can be conceptualized as three microsystem characteristics (only child status, main caregivers, and family mobility) and one mesosystem cha…
Children’s social status and anticipated shame and guilt experiences
Previous research indicates that the behavioral profile of high-status children is not monolithic but varied. This study contributes to the existing research on high-status children by showing that they are also an emotionally diverse group in terms of their anticipated shame and guilt experiences. Children ( N = 163, aged 8–12 years) nominated classmates who were perceived as popular, socially preferred, respected, and overtly aggressive. Regard…
Science learning in early years
Big Bird Looks at the World, a Chinese co-production with Sesame Workshop, the producer of Sesame Street, uses science as a vehicle to promote curiosity, observation, and hands-on investigation among 3- to 7-year-old children. This study assessed the educational impact of Big Bird Looks at the World in a sample of 1860 children. Preschool and Grade 1–2 classrooms in Central and Southwestern China were randomized within schools to the experimental…
Parent emotion coaching buffers the psychological effects of poor peer relations in the classroom
Parent emotion coaching (i.e., child-reported parental responses to sadness and anger) was examined as a moderator of peer relations in the classroom (i.e., peer-rated sociability, number of mutual friends, and respect nominations) and self-perceptions of social competence (i.e., loneliness and optimism). Participants were 129 (44% boys; 66% Caucasian) fourth through sixth graders. If parents were perceived as low in emotion coaching, low sociabi…
Learning about Emotion
The term 'emotion socialization' conveys the essential idea that children learn to understand, express and self-regulate emotions in social contexts. Consistent with this view, researchers across disciplines tend to engage in three interrelated lines of discourse about emotion socialization. What are the processes by which children learn about emotions? What do children need to learn about emotions in order to be emotionally competent? How does t…
Exploratory factor analysis
The aim of this study was to explore health perceptions of preschool teachers, with a view to inform early childhood practices and teacher education. Pre-service student-teachers and in-service teachers (n = 200) who were voluntarily recruited completed a 24-item health attitude questionnaire. Factor analysis identified four dimensions of health attitudes, reflecting physical, psychosocial, mental and emotional domains. Inter-correlations among t…
Investigation of Change in Adolescent Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Contributions to Interparental Discord From 7th to 9th Grades
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether adolescent perceptions of mothers' and fathers' contributions to interparental discord changed from early to middle adolescence and if the changes were related to adolescent negative mood. Data were drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Adolescents who were in 7th grade at the Wave 1 assessment and lived with both biological parents during Waves 1–4 were included in this…
Coping as a mediator between interparental conflict and adolescents' romantic attachment
This study examined the association between interparental conflict and late adolescents' attachment in romantic relationships through analyses of the mediating and moderating effects of adolescents' coping. Adolescents (n = 96, age 18-19 years, 81% female) reported on dimensions of interparental conflict, romantic attachment, and strategies for coping with parents' conflicts. As expected, higher levels of conflict were associated with significant…
Young Adults' Retrospective Reports of Parenting by Mothers and Fathers
The authors examined retrospective reports of both mothers' and fathers' parenting and young adults' (N = 75) relationship quality. Multiple regression analyses showed that, as predicted, young adults' retrospective reports of the positive parenting they experienced as children were significantly related to the extent by which they currently viewed (a) others as accessible and responsive, (b) their relationships with others as meaningful and impo…
Child witnesses to domestic violence
This meta-analysis examined 118 studies of the psychosocial outcomes of children exposed to interparental violence. Correlational studies showed a significant association between exposure and child problems (d = -0.29). Group comparison studies showed that witnesses had significantly worse outcomes relative to nonwitnesses (d = -0.40) and children from verbally aggressive homes (d = -0.28). but witnesses' outcomes were not significantly different…
Parents' and Children's Perceptions of Parental Behavior
Objective. We examined correspondence in parents' and children's perceptions of parenting and associations between these perceptions and children's social adjustment in the classroom. Design. The sample included 214 children (M age = 9) from third to fifth grades and their parents. Children and parents reported on parenting behavior. Results. Parents' self-reports and children's reports about parents showed systematic differences, with parents pe…
An Experimental Analysis of Children's Dislike of Aggressors and Victims
We experimentally examined social contextual factors that might moderate children's dislike for aggressors and for victims of aggression, by varying both the aggressor's behavior (aggressive toward multiple children versus aggressive only toward one child) and the victim's behavior (passive versus assertive). Children (117 male and female fourth to sixth graders) listened to one of four scenarios describing the experiences of boys at a summer cam…
Parents' Versus Children's Perceptions of Interparental Conflict as Predictors of Children's Friendship Quality
Grych and Fincham's (1990) cognitive-contextual model highlights children's perceptions as potential influences on the extent to which interparental conflict is associated with negative child outcomes. We asked children ( n= 40, age 8-12 years), mothers, and fathers to report on multiple dimensions of interparental conflict. As predicted, family members showed greater correspondence in their ratings of the overt properties of conflict than in the…
Are Only Children Missing Out? Comparison of the Peer-Related Social Competence of Only Children and Siblings
In this study, we tested the assumption that having a sibling provides practice with skills that generalize to peer relations, by comparing the peer-related social competence of only children, first-borns with one sibling, and second-borns with one sibling in a sample of 139 elementary school-age children. Only children were similar to classmates in terms of number of close friendships and friendship quality, but were less liked by classmates as …
Effects of marital conflict on subsequent triadic family interactions and parenting
This study examined marital conflict's indirect effects on children through disruptions in family alliances and parenting. Forty married couples were observed interacting with their 6-8-year-old sons after pleasant and conflictual discussions. After conflictual discussion, fathers showed lower support/engagement toward sons, and coparenting styles were less democratic. Couple negativity was correlated with family negativity, regardless of the top…
Effects of marital conflict on subsequent triadic family interactions and parenting
This study examined marital conflict's indirect effects on children through disruptions in family alliances and parenting. Forty married couples were observed interacting with their 6-8-year-old sons after pleasant and conflictual discussions. After conflictual discussion, fathers showed lower support/engagement toward sons, and coparenting styles were less democratic. Couple negativity was correlated with family negativity, regardless of the top…
Parents' and Children's Perceptions of Parental Behavior
Objective. We examined correspondence in parents' and children's perceptions of parenting and associations between these perceptions and children's social adjustment in the classroom. Design. The sample included 214 children (M age = 9) from third to fifth grades and their parents. Children and parents reported on parenting behavior. Results. Parents' self-reports and children's reports about parents showed systematic differences, with parents pe…
Are Only Children Missing Out? Comparison of the Peer-Related Social Competence of Only Children and Siblings
In this study, we tested the assumption that having a sibling provides practice with skills that generalize to peer relations, by comparing the peer-related social competence of only children, first-borns with one sibling, and second-borns with one sibling in a sample of 139 elementary school-age children. Only children were similar to classmates in terms of number of close friendships and friendship quality, but were less liked by classmates as …
Young Adults' Retrospective Reports of Parenting by Mothers and Fathers
The authors examined retrospective reports of both mothers' and fathers' parenting and young adults' (N = 75) relationship quality. Multiple regression analyses showed that, as predicted, young adults' retrospective reports of the positive parenting they experienced as children were significantly related to the extent by which they currently viewed (a) others as accessible and responsive, (b) their relationships with others as meaningful and impo…
Parents' Versus Children's Perceptions of Interparental Conflict as Predictors of Children's Friendship Quality
Grych and Fincham's (1990) cognitive-contextual model highlights children's perceptions as potential influences on the extent to which interparental conflict is associated with negative child outcomes. We asked children ( n= 40, age 8-12 years), mothers, and fathers to report on multiple dimensions of interparental conflict. As predicted, family members showed greater correspondence in their ratings of the overt properties of conflict than in the…
Coping as a mediator between interparental conflict and adolescents' romantic attachment
This study examined the association between interparental conflict and late adolescents' attachment in romantic relationships through analyses of the mediating and moderating effects of adolescents' coping. Adolescents (n = 96, age 18-19 years, 81% female) reported on dimensions of interparental conflict, romantic attachment, and strategies for coping with parents' conflicts. As expected, higher levels of conflict were associated with significant…
An Experimental Analysis of Children's Dislike of Aggressors and Victims
We experimentally examined social contextual factors that might moderate children's dislike for aggressors and for victims of aggression, by varying both the aggressor's behavior (aggressive toward multiple children versus aggressive only toward one child) and the victim's behavior (passive versus assertive). Children (117 male and female fourth to sixth graders) listened to one of four scenarios describing the experiences of boys at a summer cam…
Learning about Emotion
The term 'emotion socialization' conveys the essential idea that children learn to understand, express and self-regulate emotions in social contexts. Consistent with this view, researchers across disciplines tend to engage in three interrelated lines of discourse about emotion socialization. What are the processes by which children learn about emotions? What do children need to learn about emotions in order to be emotionally competent? How does t…
Effects of marital conflict on subsequent triadic family interactions and parenting
This study examined marital conflict's indirect effects on children through disruptions in family alliances and parenting. Forty married couples were observed interacting with their 6-8-year-old sons after pleasant and conflictual discussions. After conflictual discussion, fathers showed lower support/engagement toward sons, and coparenting styles were less democratic. Couple negativity was correlated with family negativity, regardless of the top…
Are Only Children Missing Out? Comparison of the Peer-Related Social Competence of Only Children and Siblings
In this study, we tested the assumption that having a sibling provides practice with skills that generalize to peer relations, by comparing the peer-related social competence of only children, first-borns with one sibling, and second-borns with one sibling in a sample of 139 elementary school-age children. Only children were similar to classmates in terms of number of close friendships and friendship quality, but were less liked by classmates as …
Child witnesses to domestic violence
This meta-analysis examined 118 studies of the psychosocial outcomes of children exposed to interparental violence. Correlational studies showed a significant association between exposure and child problems (d = -0.29). Group comparison studies showed that witnesses had significantly worse outcomes relative to nonwitnesses (d = -0.40) and children from verbally aggressive homes (d = -0.28). but witnesses' outcomes were not significantly different…
Parents' and Children's Perceptions of Parental Behavior
Objective. We examined correspondence in parents' and children's perceptions of parenting and associations between these perceptions and children's social adjustment in the classroom. Design. The sample included 214 children (M age = 9) from third to fifth grades and their parents. Children and parents reported on parenting behavior. Results. Parents' self-reports and children's reports about parents showed systematic differences, with parents pe…
An Experimental Analysis of Children's Dislike of Aggressors and Victims
We experimentally examined social contextual factors that might moderate children's dislike for aggressors and for victims of aggression, by varying both the aggressor's behavior (aggressive toward multiple children versus aggressive only toward one child) and the victim's behavior (passive versus assertive). Children (117 male and female fourth to sixth graders) listened to one of four scenarios describing the experiences of boys at a summer cam…
Parents' Versus Children's Perceptions of Interparental Conflict as Predictors of Children's Friendship Quality
Grych and Fincham's (1990) cognitive-contextual model highlights children's perceptions as potential influences on the extent to which interparental conflict is associated with negative child outcomes. We asked children ( n= 40, age 8-12 years), mothers, and fathers to report on multiple dimensions of interparental conflict. As predicted, family members showed greater correspondence in their ratings of the overt properties of conflict than in the…
Young Adults' Retrospective Reports of Parenting by Mothers and Fathers
The authors examined retrospective reports of both mothers' and fathers' parenting and young adults' (N = 75) relationship quality. Multiple regression analyses showed that, as predicted, young adults' retrospective reports of the positive parenting they experienced as children were significantly related to the extent by which they currently viewed (a) others as accessible and responsive, (b) their relationships with others as meaningful and impo…
Coping as a mediator between interparental conflict and adolescents' romantic attachment
This study examined the association between interparental conflict and late adolescents' attachment in romantic relationships through analyses of the mediating and moderating effects of adolescents' coping. Adolescents (n = 96, age 18-19 years, 81% female) reported on dimensions of interparental conflict, romantic attachment, and strategies for coping with parents' conflicts. As expected, higher levels of conflict were associated with significant…
Exploratory factor analysis
The aim of this study was to explore health perceptions of preschool teachers, with a view to inform early childhood practices and teacher education. Pre-service student-teachers and in-service teachers (n = 200) who were voluntarily recruited completed a 24-item health attitude questionnaire. Factor analysis identified four dimensions of health attitudes, reflecting physical, psychosocial, mental and emotional domains. Inter-correlations among t…
Investigation of Change in Adolescent Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Contributions to Interparental Discord From 7th to 9th Grades
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether adolescent perceptions of mothers' and fathers' contributions to interparental discord changed from early to middle adolescence and if the changes were related to adolescent negative mood. Data were drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Adolescents who were in 7th grade at the Wave 1 assessment and lived with both biological parents during Waves 1–4 were included in this…
Learning about Emotion
The term 'emotion socialization' conveys the essential idea that children learn to understand, express and self-regulate emotions in social contexts. Consistent with this view, researchers across disciplines tend to engage in three interrelated lines of discourse about emotion socialization. What are the processes by which children learn about emotions? What do children need to learn about emotions in order to be emotionally competent? How does t…
Parent emotion coaching buffers the psychological effects of poor peer relations in the classroom
Parent emotion coaching (i.e., child-reported parental responses to sadness and anger) was examined as a moderator of peer relations in the classroom (i.e., peer-rated sociability, number of mutual friends, and respect nominations) and self-perceptions of social competence (i.e., loneliness and optimism). Participants were 129 (44% boys; 66% Caucasian) fourth through sixth graders. If parents were perceived as low in emotion coaching, low sociabi…
Science learning in early years
Big Bird Looks at the World, a Chinese co-production with Sesame Workshop, the producer of Sesame Street, uses science as a vehicle to promote curiosity, observation, and hands-on investigation among 3- to 7-year-old children. This study assessed the educational impact of Big Bird Looks at the World in a sample of 1860 children. Preschool and Grade 1–2 classrooms in Central and Southwestern China were randomized within schools to the experimental…
Children’s social status and anticipated shame and guilt experiences
Previous research indicates that the behavioral profile of high-status children is not monolithic but varied. This study contributes to the existing research on high-status children by showing that they are also an emotionally diverse group in terms of their anticipated shame and guilt experiences. Children ( N = 163, aged 8–12 years) nominated classmates who were perceived as popular, socially preferred, respected, and overtly aggressive. Regard…
An exploratory study of salient family risk factors in relation to preschoolers’ unintentional injury in northwest China
Unintentional injury among Chinese preschoolers is an under-researched area. This study examined four salient risk factors underlying unintentional injury; these risk factors have been studied in samples of older children, but not preschoolers, in China. In light of an ecological systems theory, these factors can be conceptualized as three microsystem characteristics (only child status, main caregivers, and family mobility) and one mesosystem cha…
Early Childhood Risk-Taking Behaviors in Chinese Parenting Environment
Research Findings: Parental supervision, parental risk perception, and parental risk attitudes constitute an important parenting environment for the development of young children. To examine the mechanisms of Chinese parenting environment on young children’s risk-taking behaviors, this study first established a four-factor model and surveyed 497 parents of preschoolers. The results indicated that: (1) Chinese young children’s risk-taking was at m…
Psychology (15 obras) · Developmental psychology (14 obras) · Social Psychology (9 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (5 obras) · Clinical Psychology (5 obras) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 obras) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 obras) · Perception (5 obras)