Cognitive and Emotional Parental Practices and the Child's Temperament: Parental Assessment

Parenting practices encompass the strategies employed by parents to manage and shape a child's conduct and growth. Typically, it entails employing cognitive stimulation (educational techniques) and establishing emotional connection and warmth. The objective of this study is to examine the correlation between a child's temperament qualities and their parent's educational and emotional parenting methods. Previous research has indicated that parental attitudes and conduct are mostly shaped by the child's temperament rather than the other way around. Sample: The study included 478 moms between the ages of 23 and 51 years (mean = 34.9; standard deviation = 5.04), who had preschool children ages 5 to 8 years (mean = 6.79; standard deviation = 0.39), and 49.6% of the children were boys. Data was collected using the Child Behavior Questionnaire Very Short Form and the Parenting Practices Questionnaire. The study findings indicate that a child's temperament has a greater impact on parental practices of cognitive stimulation compared to emotional activities. The study specifically examines persistence, preference for pleasure, slow speed, and fear as factors that positively predict parenting techniques aimed at promoting a child's cognitive development. Various temperament profiles have been distinguished in groups of youngsters, distinguished by the degrees of these traits rather than their particular combinations. Progressive indicators of surgency, levels of sequential control, and negative affect were observed. Research has shown that parents who view their children as active, emotional, and possessing a high degree of voluntary control are more inclined to participate in cognitive stimulation activities.