Structured Task Versus Free Play: The Influence of Social Context on Parenting Quality, Toddlers’ Engagement with Parents and Play Behaviors, and Parent–Toddler Language Use

• DOI: 10.1007/s10566-013-9198-x
• Publication Date: 2013-02-26T08:22:03Z
• Authors: Kyong-Ah Kwon; Gary Bingham; Joellen Lewsader; Hyun-Joo Jeon; James Elicker
• Keywords: 05 social sciences; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences

Background Little empirical research examines relations among the quality of both mothers’ and fathers’ social emotional and linguistic support of toddlers across multiple parent–child interaction contexts.