摘要：The objective of this study was to identify how child's gender,temperament,mother's stress and their interactions predict parenting behavior. The subjects were 97 2-year-olds (47boys;50girls) and their mothers. Data were gathered by questionnaires. Results of a series of hierarchical regression analyses showed combinations of variables that predicted parenting behaviors : (1) mothers reported higher over-protectiveness toward girls and when they were under higher stress. (2) An interaction ffect showed that mothers with sons who had higher difficult' temperaments reported greater over-protective parenting under greater stress. (3) There were no significant dfrences in over-protective parenting under low stress,regardless of the level of difficult temperament. (4) Mother's stress was a strong predictor of supportive parenting behaviors.
