The Role of Mothers' Child‐Based Worth in Their Affective Responses to Children's Performance

This research examined whether American and Chinese mothers' tendencies to base their worth on children's performance contributes to their affective responses to children's performance. Study 1 used daily interviews to assess mothers' warmth (vs. hostility) and children's school performance ( N = 197; M age = 12.81 years). In Study 2, such affect was observed in the laboratory following children's manipulated performance on cognitive problems (...