PMID- 32111043
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200924
LR  - 20200924
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 5
DP  - 2020 Feb 26
TI  - Relationships between Parenting Skills and Early Childhood Development in Rural 
      Households in Western China.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph17051506 [doi]
LID - 1506
AB  - This paper empirically investigates the relationships between caregivers' 
      parenting skills and early cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional 
      development of children aged 6-24 months. The study is based on data from a 
      survey conducted in 100 villages in a typical poor rural area in western China. A 
      total of 1715 households were enrolled in the study. In the study, Parent and 
      Family Adjustment Scales (PAFAS), Bayley Scales of Infant Development version III 
      (BSID-III), and a socioeconomic questionnaire were used to measure caregiver's 
      parenting skills, child's development outcomes, and socioeconomic characteristics 
      in sample households, respectively. Multivariate regression was used to estimate 
      the relationship between a caregiver's parenting skills and the child's 
      development outcomes. The results show that, first, parenting skills are 
      positively and significantly associated with children's cognitive, language, 
      motor, and social-emotional development, and the link between parenting skills 
      and social-emotional development is the strongest; second, the correlation 
      between parenting skills and development outcomes varies across socioeconomic 
      characteristics and parenting skill dimensions. The results provide evidence for 
      the relationship between parenting skills and early childhood development in 
      rural households in western China. Our findings also suggest that interventions 
      aimed at improving caregivers' parenting skills during the early stages are 
      necessary for human capital development in rural China.
FAU - Zhong, Jingdong
AU  - Zhong J
AD  - School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
FAU - He, Yang
AU  - He Y
AD  - China Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, 
      Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
FAU - Chen, Yuting
AU  - Chen Y
AD  - China Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, 
      Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
FAU - Luo, Renfu
AU  - Luo R
AD  - China Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, 
      Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20200226
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Caregivers
MH  - *Child Development
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - China
MH  - Family Characteristics
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - *Parent-Child Relations
MH  - *Parenting
PMC - PMC7084829
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - early childhood development
OT  - human capital
OT  - parenting skills
OT  - rural China
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/03/01 06:00
MHDA- 2020/09/25 06:00
PMCR- 2020/03/01
CRDT- 2020/03/01 06:00
PHST- 2020/02/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/02/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/02/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/03/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/03/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/09/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph17051506 [pii]
AID - ijerph-17-01506 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph17051506 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Feb 26;17(5):1506. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph17051506.