The Role of Mothers' Child-Based Worth in Their Affective Responses to Children's Performance

Florrie Fei Yin Ng; Eva M. Pomerantz; Shui fong Lam; Ciping Deng

doi:10.1111/cdev.12881

The Role of Mothers' Child-Based Worth in Their Affective Responses to Children's Performance

Florrie Fei Yin Ng, Eva M. Pomerantz, Shui fong Lam, Ciping Deng

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This research examined whether American and Chinese mothers' tendencies to base their worth on children's performance contributes to their affective responses to children's performance. Study 1 used daily interviews to assess mothers' warmth (vs. hostility) and children's school performance (N = 197; M_age = 12.81 years). In Study 2, such affect was observed in the laboratory following children's manipulated performance on cognitive problems (N = 128; M_age = 10.21 years). The more mothers based their worth on children's performance, the more their warmth (vs. hostility) decreased when children failed in Study 1. This pattern was evident only among Chinese mothers in Study 2. In both studies, child-based worth did not contribute to mothers' affective responses to children's success.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e165-e181
Journal	Child development
Volume	90
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12881
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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