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Parental and Child Cognitions in the Context of the Family

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ID23329488
AuthorsDaphne Blunt Bugental (Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, 93106), Charlotte Johnston (0000-0001-7455-8670, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, 93106)
Year2000
Volume51
Issue1
Pages315-344
Publication date2000-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-4308 • E-ISSN: 1545-2085
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev.psych.51.1.315
PMID10751974
OpenAlexW2133396941
LanguageEN
Citations received82
References cited131

Parent and child family-related cognitions are reviewed with respect to (a) their origins, (b) their linkage to affect and behavior, (c) their transmission and perpetuation, (d) their alteration on the basis of first-hand experience, and (e) their collaborative negotiation and renegotiation. A distinction is offered between the functioning of implicit, relatively unaware, schematic cognitions and relatively aware, explicit, event-dependent cognitions. Consideration is also given to the differential content (or topics) of cognitions. As a positive outcome of recent research, many new insights have emerged with respect to the linkage of family members’ cognitions and their individual and shared patterns of behavior. However, several limitations remain, including too little consideration of the shared influences of parents’ and children’s cognitions and the changes in these cognitions over time. As a growth area, there is emerging interest in the application of our knowledge of cognitions to the clinical context in programs designed to remediate and prevent family problems.

Affect (linguistics) · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive reframing · Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child and Animal Learning Development · Psychology · Social Psychology

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