Parent psychological distress and beliefs about nurturing care: Associations with parent investments and early child development in Ethiopia.

Parental engagement in stimulating activities and support in both formal and informal learning environments are important for early childhood development. However, little is known about how parental mental health and beliefs about early childhood development shape such investments. We draw on a sample of young children and their primary caregiver from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ( = 3,000; = 34.

Relations of maternal power assertion and autonomy support with children's adjustment in Korea.

The present study examined how maternal power assertion and autonomy support were associated with children's social, school, and psychological adjustment in Korea. The participants were 631 Korean elementary school students (306 boys; mean age = 10.15 years) and their mothers.