TY - JOUR T1 - Associations among Context-Specific Maternal Protective Behavior, Toddler Fearful Temperament, and Maternal Accuracy and Goals. AU - Kiel,Elizabeth J, AU - Buss,Kristin A, Y1 - 2012/02/03/ PY - 2012/12/11/entrez PY - 2012/12/12/pubmed PY - 2012/12/12/medline SP - 742 EP - 760 JF - Social development (Oxford, England) JO - Soc Dev VL - 21 IS - 4 N2 - Maternal protective responses to temperamentally fearful toddlers have previously been found to relate to increased risk for children's development of anxiety-spectrum problems. Not all protective behavior is "overprotective," and not all mothers respond to toddlers' fear with protection. Therefore, the current study aimed to identify conditions under which an association between fearful temperament and protective maternal behavior occurs. Participants included 117 toddlers and their mothers, who were observed in a variety of laboratory tasks. Mothers predicted their toddlers' fear reactions in these tasks and reported the importance of parent-centered goals for their children's shyness. Protective behavior displayed in low-threat, but not high-threat, contexts related to concurrently observed fearful temperament and to mother-reported shy/inhibited behavior one year later. The relation between fearful temperament and protective behavior in low-threat, but not high-threat, contexts was strengthened by maternal accuracy in anticipating children's fear and maternal parent-centered goals for children's shyness. SN - 0961-205X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/23226924/Associations_among_Context_Specific_Maternal_Protective_Behavior_Toddler_Fearful_Temperament_and_Maternal_Accuracy_and_Goals_ L2 - http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=linkout&SEARCH=23226924.ui DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -