Interaction between maternal and paternal parenting styles with infant temperament in emerging behavior problems

Wittig, Shannon M.O.; Rodriguez, Christina M.

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.04.005

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“…Despite the contemporary view that both mothers and fathers play important roles in child development (Cabrera, Fitzgerald, Bradley, & Roggman, 2014), studies examining both mothering and fathering are still relatively scarce (Cabrera, Volling, & Barr, 2018). The few studies that have differentiated the impacts of mothers' and fathers' positive parenting on toddlers' and preschoolers' social-emotional adjustment have shown that the importance of mothering and fathering might depend on the kind of positive parenting practice under study (e.g., Jeong et al, 2019;Kerr et al, 2004;Lipscomb et al, 2011;Van Aken et al, 2007;Wittig & Rodriguez, 2019). For example, a Dutch study on aggression in boys found differences regarding the influence of parental support, with significant associations for maternal but not paternal support, whereas the associations for parental structure were similar for mothers and fathers (Van Aken et al, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies differentiating maternal and paternal impacts on child socialemotional adjustment have often analyzed maternal and paternal positive parenting in separate statistical models (e.g., Kerr et al, 2004;Wittig & Rodriguez, 2019) or focused on one positive parenting practice only (e.g., Jeong et al, 2019;Lipscomb et al, 2011). To be able to determine the relation between a certain positive parenting practice and child social-emotional difficulties, indirect relations of that positive parenting practice through the other co-occurring positive parenting practices as well as through positive parenting practices of the other parent need to be controlled.…”

Section: Mothering and Fatheringmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Importance of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Positive Parenting for Toddlers’ and Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Adjustment

Okorn¹,

Verhoeven²,

Baar³

2021

Parenting

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Parental support, stimulation, positive discipline, and structure are all important for social-emotional adjustment of toddlers and preschoolers. However, less is known about the relative importance of these positive parenting practices. The current crosssectional study examines the associations between positive parenting practices and child social-emotional difficulties in relation to child age and parental gender. Design. 446 Dutch families (446 mothers, M age = 33.51 years; 446 fathers, M age = 35.63 years) rearing a child (46.9% boys) between 17 and 48 months of age (M age = 31.64) participated. Parents reported on their own positive parenting practices, and mothers reported on child externalizing and internalizing behaviors as an indication of social-emotional difficulties.Results. Increased support from both mothers and fathers, and maternal provision of structure are associated with lower levels of child externalizing and internalizing behaviors. Positive discipline from both mothers and fathers, however, is related to higher levels of child externalizing and internalizing behaviors, and stimulation from both mothers and fathers is unrelated to either. These associations are not moderated by child age and are similar for mothers and fathers, except maternal structure is linked to lower levels of child externalizing and internalizing behaviors, whereas paternal structure is unrelated to child social-emotional difficulties. Conclusions. The present study underscores the significance of investigating the effects of multiple positive parenting practices simultaneously and calls for involving both mothers and fathers in parenting programs.

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Section: Mothering and Fatheringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mothering and Fatheringmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Importance of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Positive Parenting for Toddlers’ and Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Adjustment

Okorn¹,

Verhoeven²,

Baar³

2021

Parenting

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“…Parenting styles are a highly relevant construct for both academia and society in general. Different studies have demonstrated the impact that parenting style has from the earliest stages to adulthood [ 1 , 2 ]. A definition of parenting style conceptualizes it as a set of attitudes and childcare patterns that generate an emotional climate in the parent/child relationship [ 3 ].…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Maternal and Paternal Parenting Styles Scale in Chilean Adolescents

Gálvez-Nieto

Polanco-Levicán

Navarro

2021

IJERPH

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Parenting style has been related to a series of positive outcomes that extend into adulthood. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the maternal and paternal parenting styles scale (PSS-MP) in a sample of adolescents. A cross-sectional design was used, with a probability sample of 2683 adolescents (48.8% women) from 32 public, private, and subsidized schools in Chile. In total, four confirmatory factor models were contrasted, which was the best fit to support the originally proposed six-correlated factor structure. The factor invariance analysis reflected that the metric equivalence according to sex is present at the level of scale invariance. It is concluded that the abbreviated version of the PSS-MP provides sufficient evidence for use in the Chilean adolescent population.

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“…As for negative emotionality and its relation to behavior problems, previous research has sought to establish different pathways between temperamental characteristics and externalizing/internalizing problems, with anger being more related to externalizing problems (Muris, Meesters, & Blijlevens, 2007;Rydell, Berlin, & Bohlin, 2003), and fear more related to internalizing ones (Muris et al, 2007). However, the findings are contradictory (Nozadi, Spinrad, Eisenberg, & Eggum-Wilkens, 2015;Lemery, Essex, & Smider, 2002), which has led to negative emotionality frequently being used to predicts both externalizing and internalizing problems (Delgado, Carrasco, González-Peña & Holgado-Tello, 2018;Edwards & Hans, 2015;Kochanska & Kim, 2013;Walters, 2014;Wittig & Rodriguez, 2019a;2019b).…”

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Difficult temperament and social maladjustment in childhood: The mediating role of family environment

2020

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El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar el papel mediador del ambiente familiar en la relación entre temperamento difícil y problemas externalizantes/internalizantes en una muestra de 474 niños españoles de entre 6 y 8 años. Un segundo objetivo fue analizar el efecto del género en el patrón de mediación encontrado. Para la medida de los problemas externalizantes/internalizantes, el ajuste marital, las prácticas parentales y el temperamento del niño los padres cumplimentaron la Batería de Socialización (BAS-1), el Test de Ajuste Marital (MAT) y la versión española del Cuestionario de Temperamento en la niñez intermedia (TMCQ). El análisis de mediación probado confirmó el efecto de mediación del ajuste marital y las prácticas parentales de implicación y disciplina en la relación entre temperamento difícil y problemas externalizantes, y el efecto de mediación del ajuste marital y la implicación parental en la relación entre temperamento y difícil y problemas internalizantes. Por otro lado, los resultados apuntaron un patrón de mediación diferente cuando comparamos a niños y niñas. En concreto, encontramos que el efecto de mediación del ajuste marital y la implicación parental fue más fuerte en niños que en niñas. The aim of this work was to analyze the mediating role of family environment in the relationship between difficult temperament and externalizing/internalizing problems in a sample of 474 Spanish children aged between 6 and 8 years. A secondary objective of this work was to analyze the effect of gender in the mediation pattern found. To measure externalizing/internalizing problems, marital adjustment, parenting practices and children’s temperament, the parents were given a Socialization Battery (BAS-1), the Marital Adjustment Test (MAT), the Spanish version of the PCRI (Parent-Child Relationship Inventory), and the Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaire (TMCQ). We tested a statistical mediation model that revealed the mediating role of marital adjustment, and the parenting practices of involvement and limit setting, in the relationship between difficult temperament and externalizing problems. We found that marital adjustment and parental involvement mediated the relationship between internalizing problems and difficult temperament. On the other hand, the results pointed to a different mediation pattern when we compared boys and girls. Specifically, we found that the mediating role of marital adjustment and parental involvement in the relationship between difficult temperament and externalizing problems was stronger in boys than in girls.

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Interaction between maternal and paternal parenting styles with infant temperament in emerging behavior problems

Cited by 24 publications

References 54 publications

The Importance of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Positive Parenting for Toddlers’ and Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Adjustment

The Importance of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Positive Parenting for Toddlers’ and Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Adjustment

Psychometric Properties of the Maternal and Paternal Parenting Styles Scale in Chilean Adolescents

Difficult temperament and social maladjustment in childhood: The mediating role of family environment

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