BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID: 1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE: America/Los_Angeles DTSTAMP: 20260531T131703 BEGIN:VEVENT UID: info@vconferenceonline.com SUMMARY:Developmental Papers: Schooling & Parents PRIORITY:0 CATEGORIES:SESSION CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20200618T140000 DTEND:20200618T152000 URL: https://event.vconferenceonline.com DESCRIPTION:CHAIR: SARAH STANGER (ALLEGHENY COLLEGE)

2:00pm - 2:15pm
COPING IS A TEAM SPORT: PARENT-CHILD FLEXIBILITY AND PARENT SOCIALIZATION OF COPING
SARAH STANGER (ALLEGHENY COLLEGE), JAMIE ABAIED, MEGHAN MORRISON (UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT)
This study applied state space grids, a contemporary dynamic systems methodology, to examine whether parent-child flexibility moderates the impact of particular parent socialization of coping practices during a stressful parent-child laboratory task on later child adjustment. Results suggest that in the context of parents who provide limited in-the-moment directive suggestions about how to cope with a stressor, children demonstrated better adjustment if there was greater flexibility in parent and child task behavior.

2:20pm - 2:35pm
PARENT BEHAVIOR AT YOUTH SOCCER: RELATIONS BETWEEN PARENT COMMENTS AND PLAYER PERCEPTIONS
MARIA BARTINI, MEG RICHARDSON, RANDI ROCCA, ALYSSA KEEGAN, ASHLEY WILSON (MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS)
Through both self-reported survey data and naturalistic observation, we found that parents are generally positive in their behavior at youth sporting events. Surveys from the youth athletes themselves also agree that parents and coaches are much more positive than negative. However, youth soccer players’ enjoyment of the game and likelihood of playing in the future were more strongly predicted by their own perceptions of their competence than by perceptions of adult behavior. LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR