@article{ref1,
title="Maternal Knowledge and Maternal Behavior Control as Predictors of Preadolescent Behavioral Competence",
journal="Journal of early adolescence",
year="2010",
author="Grundy, A. M. and Gondoli, Dawn M. and Blodgett Salafia, E. H.",
volume="30",
number="3",
pages="410-431",
abstract="The present article examined relationships between maternal knowledge, maternal behavior control, and preadolescent behavioral competence over time. Four years of self-report data were collected from 133 mothers and their preadolescents, beginning when the preadolescents were in 4th grade. Knowledge, behavior control, and behavioral competence were assessed at all 4 time points. The results for preadolescent-reported variables suggested that maternal knowledge and preadolescent behavioral competence were reciprocally related, but maternal behavior control and preadolescent behavioral competence were not significantly related. Mother-reported maternal knowledge and behavior control were generally not associated with mother-reported preadolescent behavioral competence. Thus, the present study identified a longitudinal, reciprocal association between knowledge and preadolescent behavioral competence, for preadolescent reports of these variables.<p />",
language="",
issn="0272-4316",
doi="10.1177/0272431609333302",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431609333302"
}