Multivariate models of mothers' and fathers' aggression toward their children.

Slep, Amy M. Smith; O’Leary, Susan G.

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.75.5.739

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“…In addition, as previously noted, only harsh parenting mediated between attributions and child behavior problems. The importance of harsh parenting is consistent with previous research on parents' attributions and child behavior problems (e.g., Johnston, Reynolds, Freeman, & Geller, 1998;Nix et al, 1999;Smith Slep & O'Leary, 2007). However, despite our null results for lax and positive parenting, further research is needed before concluding that these are unimportant aspects of parenting.…”

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Parents’ Attributions for Negative and Positive Child Behavior in Relation to Parenting and Child Problems

Park

Johnston

Colalillo

et al. 2016

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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Previous research has stressed the importance of parents' attributions and parenting for child problems. Based on social cognitive models, studies have focused on the interrelations among parents' child-responsibility attributions for negative behavior, harsh parenting, and child problems. Little is known about the extent to which child-responsibility attributions for positive behavior and other types of parenting play a role in these models. The purpose of this study was to examine whether parents' child-responsibility attributions for positive and negative child behaviors are related to child problems, and whether these relations are mediated by harsh, lax, and positive parenting. Mothers' and fathers' attributions and parenting were examined separately. A community sample of 148 couples and their 9- to 12-year-old child (50% boys) participated in the study. Mothers and children participated by completing questionnaires and a laboratory interaction task. Fathers participated by completing the same questionnaires as mothers. Harsh parenting was the only parenting variable that uniquely mediated the relations between more child-responsibility attributions for (a) negative child behaviors and child problems for both parents and (b) the inverse relation between attributions for positive child behaviors and child problems for fathers. Findings confirm the importance of harsh parenting and demonstrate the importance of parents' attributions for positive child behaviors in relation to decreasing harsh parenting and child problems. Clinically, it may be useful not only to reduce child-responsibility attributions for negative behaviors but also to increase the extent to which parents give their child credit for positive behaviors.

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Parents’ Attributions for Negative and Positive Child Behavior in Relation to Parenting and Child Problems

Park

Johnston

Colalillo

et al. 2016

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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“…Men and women each completed the Parenting Scale (Arnold et al, 1993), as part of a larger research protocol (see Slep & O'Leary, 2007). The Parenting Scale is a 30-item self-report scale that assesses parental discipline strategies in response to child misbehaviors.…”

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A New Look at the Psychometrics of the Parenting Scale Through the Lens of Item Response Theory

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Slep

et al. 2014

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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The psychometrics of the Parenting Scale's Overreactivity and Laxness subscales were evaluated using item response theory (IRT) techniques. The IRT analyses were based on two community samples of cohabiting parents of 3- to 8-year-old children, combined to yield an N of 852 families. The results supported the utility of the Overreactivity and Laxness subscales, particularly in discriminating among parents in the mid to upper reaches of each construct. The original versions of the Overreactivity and Laxness subscales were more reliable than alternative, shorter versions identified in replicated factor analyses from previously published research and in IRT analyses in the present research. Moreover, in several cases, the original versions of these subscales, in comparison with the shortened versions, exhibited greater six-month stabilities and correlations with child externalizing behavior and couple relationship satisfaction. Reliability was greater for the Laxness than for the Overreactivity subscale. Item performance on each subscale was highly variable. Together, the present findings are generally supportive of the psychometrics of the Parenting Scale, particularly for clinical research and practice. They also suggest areas for further development.

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“…Specifically, in the model that acts as a foundation for the present study, a combination of simplistic, inappropriate, and rigid schema (e.g., unrealistic expectations), poor executive functioning (e.g., problem-solving, cognitive flexibility) and biased appraisals (e.g., attributional biases) are seen as playing a causal role in the occurrence of maladaptive parenting (Azar, 1986; 1997; Azar, Reitz, & Goslin, 2008). These SIP factors have been linked to maladaptive interpersonal functioning of adults within families (e.g., marital distress; Eidelson & Epstein, 1982; domestic violence; Holzworth-Monroe, 2000) and parenting (e.g., inadequate and overly harsh caretaking, Azar & Weinzierl, 2008; Dix & Grusec, 1985; Haskett, Scott, Grant, Ward, & Robinson, 2003; Peterson & Brown, 1994; Slep & O’Leary, 2007). These cognitively-based risk factors inherently offer potential mechanisms for explaining the relation between IQ and child neglect (Benjet et al, 2003) and may do so with greater precision.…”

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Intellectual Disabilities and Neglectful Parenting: Preliminary Findings on the Role of Cognition in Parenting Risk

Azar

Stevenson

Johnson

2012

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

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Parents with intellectual disabilities (PID) are over-represented in the child protective services (CPS) system. This study examined a more nuanced view of the role of cognition in parenting risk. Its goal was to validate a social information processing (SIP) model of child neglect that draws on social cognition research and advances in neuroscience. Mothers who had CPS child neglect cases were compared with mothers with no CPS involvement on a set of SIP factors. Mothers with low IQs were oversampled. As predicted, the Neglect group had significantly greater SIP problems than the Comparison mothers. SIP problems were associated with direct measures of neglect (e.g., cognitive stimulation provided children, home hygiene, belief regarding causes of child injuries). Further, for the direct measures that were most closely linked to CPS Neglect Status, IQ did not add significant predictive capacity beyond SIP factors in preliminary model testing. Implications for intervention with PID discussed.

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Multivariate models of mothers' and fathers' aggression toward their children.

Cited by 100 publications

References 67 publications

Parents’ Attributions for Negative and Positive Child Behavior in Relation to Parenting and Child Problems

Parents’ Attributions for Negative and Positive Child Behavior in Relation to Parenting and Child Problems

A New Look at the Psychometrics of the Parenting Scale Through the Lens of Item Response Theory

Intellectual Disabilities and Neglectful Parenting: Preliminary Findings on the Role of Cognition in Parenting Risk

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