A 3-GENERATION STUDY - INTERGENERATIONAL CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE TODDLERS ANGER

One hundred fifteen 2-year-old toddlers, one of the parents of each to ddler, and the corresponding grandmother of each toddler were studied to determine the influence of the grandmother and the parent on the to ddler's behavior. Findings indicated that the grandmother's parenting skills have an effect on the grandchild's anger via two pathways. More specifically, the grandmother's child-rearing techniques are mediated by the parent's personality traits, which, in turn, are associated wi th the parent's child-rearing practices and, ultimately, the grandchil d's anger. The second pathway through which the grandmother's child-re aring is related to the grandchild's behavior involves the parent's im itation of the grandmother's parenting skills, which, in turn, are cor related with the toddler's behavior.