positive parenting

collocation in English

meaningsofpositiveandparenting

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positive
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/
us
/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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parenting
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpeə.rən.tɪŋ/
us
/ˈper.ən.t̬ɪŋ/
the raising of children and all the responsibilities and activities that are involved ...
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(Definition ofpositiveandparentingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, this investigation indicates that only under stress do the insecure subjects actually display lesspositiveparenting.
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The behaviorally oriented intervention produced significant reductions in coercive parenting and improvements inpositiveparenting.
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Positiveparentingas a mediator of the relations between parental psychological distress and mental health problems of parentally bereaved children.
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In addition to risk for maltreatment, we also assessed two domains ofpositiveparentingbehaviors.
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Positiveparentingcoupled with secure attachment translated to a low likelihood of the problem trajectory regardless of ratings on infant negativity.
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In contrast,positiveparentingmay interact with hormone levels to affirmatively influence temperament.
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Thus, under high stress thepositiveparentingof the earned secures and the continuous secures can be viewed as equivalent.
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However, no studies have addressed whether earned secures maintainpositiveparentingunder the pressures of aversive environmental conditions.
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In addition, for girls, moderate drinking was associated with low levels ofpositiveparenting.
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The variables that emerged as risk factors only included immediate and delayed visual memory and lowpositiveparenting.
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It has six subscales: involvement,positiveparenting, poor monitoring and supervision, inconsistent discipline, physical punishment, and other discipline practices.
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Particularly urgent is the need to distill the most critical ingredients, from existing promising interventions, that reduce parents' risk for maltreatment and promotepositiveparenting.
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Three parenting scales were used to predict membership in the joint trajectory groups:positiveparenting, hostile0inefficient parenting, and consistent parenting.
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Of course, these interventions must exist in the context of broader efforts to prevent child maltreatment and fosterpositiveparentingpractices.
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Moreover, negative parenting was introduced into the equations beforepositiveparentingwithin each year.
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High scores on the subscales reflectpositiveparentingpractices, whereas low scores reflect negative parenting practices.
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For example, very few cases ofpositiveparentingcoincided with distressed family ecology.
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