The purposes of this study were to examine the associations between maternal and paternal intrusiveness and toddlers self regulation at approximately 24 months of age in the context of child gender in a sample of low-income families (N = 271). This study was a secondary analysis of data collected as part of the national Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Project. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to examine whether two-way interactions between parental intrusiveness and child gender and a three-way interaction between maternal intrusiveness, paternal intrusiveness and toddler gender were related to toddlers' self regulation at 24 months. Findings from this study suggested that boys and girls from low income families were differently susceptible to maternal and paternal intrusiveness in self regulation development. Boys may be more vulnerable to maternal or paternal intrusiveness than girls. Girls may benefit from maternal or paternal intrusiveness.
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