Abstract
A stratified sample of 34 three‐year‐old to five‐year‐old boys and their parents (30 mothers) was observed in their homes during free‐play and problem‐solving interactions. Observer‐ratings of behaviors of parents in each interaction were examined in relation to teachers’ ratings of the boys’ problem behaviors in a childcare setting. Parent behaviors in the play, but not problem‐solving, interaction were significantly related to boys’ problem behaviors. Positive behaviors of the parent in play, such as sensitivity and responsiveness to the child, accounted for nine percent of the variance in boys’ externalizing scores above and beyond the 28% accounted for by the negative parent behaviors of intrusiveness and permissiveness. The addition of positive parent behaviors to the regression model also canceled the statistical significance of the negative behaviors. Negative behaviors appeared to be most influential in that they decreased the likelihood that positive behaviors would be demonstrated within the play interaction.
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