PEDIATRICS Vol. 93 No. 2 February 1994, pp. 171
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SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TEMPERAMENT AND PARENTING

Sophia Bezirganian M.D. and Patricia Cohen Ph.D.

Temperament and parent-child relationships were measured in a random sample of 776 children followed over a 10-year period. The goal was to determine whether temperament evolves differently for boys versus for girls, and if so, whether parenting influences gender-specific development. Gender-specific parenting effects on the evolution of difficult temperament were found: low effects were not present. A possible explanation for these findings is proposed. The contribution of these findings to understanding biology-environment interactions in causing sex differences in development is discussed.

Key Words: temperament • parent-child relations • sex-differences • epidemiology • longitudinal