Abstract
This study was conducted to study the associations between parents` effortful control (EC), their parenting behavior and infants` EC. Subjects of the present study were 55 infants and their parents. Parents who participated in this study replied to questionnaires, including ECBQ-SF, ATQ-SF and Parenting style scale. There was positive correlations between the parents` EC, affectionate parenting style and infants` EC by zero-order correlation. We also performed Mann-Whitney test on the acquired data and it showed significant differences in the infants` EC by their parents` EC and parenting behavior. More specifically, infants with more affectionate and permissive parents showed higher levels of EC. Finally, we performed a partial correlation analysis and its results revealed that the correlation coefficient between the parents` EC and the infants` EC decreased when the parenting style was controlled. These results are vital to have a better understanding on the developmental pathways to the EC.
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