A scientometric review of the scientific literature on child effects on adults: Topics of interest and areas for development in psychological research
Considerable effort has been devoted to understanding how parents influence child development. Less attention has been given to the effects that children exert on their parents. This review aims to systematically survey the links between scientific articles exploring this question. Results of a docu...
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| description | Considerable effort has been devoted to understanding how parents influence child development. Less attention has been given to the effects that children exert on their parents. This review aims to systematically survey the links between scientific articles exploring this question. Results of a document co-citation analysis reveal that research on this topic has been scarce and primarily concerned by how child and adolescent disruptive behaviour negatively impacts parents. Academic attention is directed to research that conceptualizes child effects as the outcome of genetic or temperamental predispositions. The implications of such a constrained view of child influence are discussed, highlighting the need for applied research on how children can actively contribute to positive behavioural change in parents and other adults. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1f45a9768de94bb5bc6a8a0eacc5bbb62025-08-20T03:10:25ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182025-05-0125510489710.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104897A scientometric review of the scientific literature on child effects on adults: Topics of interest and areas for development in psychological researchEleni Kalogirou0Edouard Gentaz1Laboratory of Sensory-motor Affective and Social Development (SMAS), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPSE), University of Geneva, Switzerland; Corresponding author at: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPSE), University of Geneva, Uni Mail, 40 Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve, 1211 Genève, Switzerland.Laboratory of Sensory-motor Affective and Social Development (SMAS), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPSE), University of Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Center of Affective Sciences (CISA), University of Geneva, Switzerland; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, Île-de-France, FranceConsiderable effort has been devoted to understanding how parents influence child development. Less attention has been given to the effects that children exert on their parents. This review aims to systematically survey the links between scientific articles exploring this question. Results of a document co-citation analysis reveal that research on this topic has been scarce and primarily concerned by how child and adolescent disruptive behaviour negatively impacts parents. Academic attention is directed to research that conceptualizes child effects as the outcome of genetic or temperamental predispositions. The implications of such a constrained view of child influence are discussed, highlighting the need for applied research on how children can actively contribute to positive behavioural change in parents and other adults.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825002100Child effectsChild influenceChild-parent relationshipReview |
| spellingShingle | Eleni Kalogirou Edouard Gentaz A scientometric review of the scientific literature on child effects on adults: Topics of interest and areas for development in psychological research Acta Psychologica Child effects Child influence Child-parent relationship Review |
| title | A scientometric review of the scientific literature on child effects on adults: Topics of interest and areas for development in psychological research |
| title_full | A scientometric review of the scientific literature on child effects on adults: Topics of interest and areas for development in psychological research |
| title_fullStr | A scientometric review of the scientific literature on child effects on adults: Topics of interest and areas for development in psychological research |
| title_full_unstemmed | A scientometric review of the scientific literature on child effects on adults: Topics of interest and areas for development in psychological research |
| title_short | A scientometric review of the scientific literature on child effects on adults: Topics of interest and areas for development in psychological research |
| title_sort | scientometric review of the scientific literature on child effects on adults topics of interest and areas for development in psychological research |
| topic | Child effects Child influence Child-parent relationship Review |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825002100 |
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