First-Born Children’s Temperament And Psychological Adaptation: The Mediating Effect Of Parenting Style

Chinese first-born children need to learn how to get along with their siblings after the implementation of the universal two-child policy in 2016. We investigated the relationships between temperament, parenting style, and psychological adjustment among firstborns. A total of 524 Chinese children completed the Temperament, Parenting Style , and First-Born Behavior Questionnaires . The results indicated that (1) children’s temperament subscales were significantly related to parenting style subscales and psychological adaptation. Moreover, the parenting style subscales were significantly related to psychological adaptation, and (2) authoritarian parenting partially mediated the relationship between approach or withdrawal and psychological adjustment.