Systematic observations of parent-child interaction in Mexican families revealed a
number of reciprocal patterns of behaviour. Warm, supportive parent behaviour was
found to be positively related to both supportive and to assertive, self-expressive
child behaviour. Punitive, restrictive parent behaviour and parental attempts at
"psychological control" were found to be positively related both to passively
resistant and provocatively resistant child behaviour. In addition, sex differences
were found in the dyadic patterns that emerged. The implications of these findings,
with a focus on how parent-child interaction patterns may affect children's social
and emotional development, are discussed from a within-and cross-cultural perspective.
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