Bidirectional Associations between Child Conduct Problems and Parenting Practices in Early Childhood

AbstractThe current study sought to advance our understanding of transactional processes among maternal depression, neighborhood deprivation, and child conduct problems (CP) using two samples of low-income families assessed repeatedly from early childhood to early adolescence. After accounting for initial levels of negative parenting, independent and reciprocal effects between maternal depressive symptoms and child CP were evident across both samples, beginning in early childhood and continuing through middle childhood and adolescence. In addition, neighborhood effects were consistently found in both samples after children reached age 5, with earlier neighborhood effects on child CP and maternal depression found in the one exclusively urban sample of families with male children. The results confirm prior research on the independent contribution of maternal depression and child CP to the maintenance of both problem behaviors. The findings also have implications for designing preventative and clinical interventions to address child CP for families living in high-risk neighborhoods.

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Parent Training Among Ethnic Minorities: Parenting Practices as Mediators of Change in Child Conduct Problems

Family Relations ◽

10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00683.x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 61 (1) ◽

pp. 101-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Ragnhild Bjørknes ◽

John Kjøbli ◽

Terje Manger ◽

Reidar Jakobsen

Keyword(s):

Parent Training ◽

Conduct Problems ◽

Ethnic Minorities ◽

Parenting Practices ◽

Child Conduct Problems ◽

Child Conduct ◽

Mediators Of Change

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Fathering and mothering of preschool boys with hyperactivity

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/0165025410380982 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 161-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Louise Keown

Keyword(s):

Conduct Problems ◽

Parenting Practices ◽

Maternal Age ◽

Community Sample ◽

Maternal Sensitivity ◽

Child Conduct Problems ◽

Parent Questionnaire ◽

Observational Measures ◽

Statistical Adjustment ◽

Child Conduct

This study examined links between paternal and maternal parenting factors and preschool hyperactivity in a community sample. Forty-one hyperactive and 38 comparison boys (aged 47—62 months) and their fathers and mothers were assessed on a range of interview, parent questionnaire, and observational measures of parenting and child behavior. Results showed that less observed maternal warmth, fathers’ self-reported overreactive and less authoritative parenting practices, and less satisfaction with parenting (fathers and mothers) were all significantly related to child hyperactivity, following statistical adjustment for the effects of child conduct problems and maternal age. Lower rates of observed paternal and maternal sensitivity were not significantly associated with preschool hyperactivity, after controlling for child conduct problems and maternal age. Findings highlight the importance of considering the role of both fathers’ and mothers’ parenting in the development of boys with early onset hyperactive and attentional behavior difficulties.

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