중국 두 자녀 가정 어머니가 지각한 첫째 자녀의 정서성이 동생에 대한 긍정적 행동에 미치는 영향: 어머니의 민주적 양육 방식의 조절 효과

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This study is intended to clarify the relationship between Chinese first-born children’s emotionality and theirpositive behavior toward their younger siblings. It also examines how a democratic maternal parenting styleregulates the intimate relationship between first-born children’s emotionality and their positive behavior towardtheir younger siblings. This study investigated 303 Chinese mothers of children between the ages of four andeight. The data collected were analyzed using the SPSS 26.0 program, including descriptive statistics, Pearson’scorrelation, and hierarchical regression analyses. The results of the study are as follows. First, first-born children’semotionality has a significant impact on their positive behavior toward younger siblings. Second, mothers’democratic parenting style has a significantly moderating effect on the relationship between the first-bornchildren’s emotionality and their positive behavior toward younger siblings. Specifically, higher levels of maternaldemocratic parenting strengthened the negative association between children’s emotionality and their positivebehavior toward younger siblings. This study highlights the importance of the first-born child’s emotionality andmothers’ democratic parenting style to the positive behavior of Chinese first-born children toward their youngersiblings

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