Children's externalizing problems: the contributions of child temperament, parenting styles, and sociodemographic factors

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 73
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Child Temperament

scholarly journals Parenting Style, Parental Personality, and Child Temperament in Children with Anxiety Disorders—A Clinical Study from India

2021 ◽  
pp. 025371762097337
Author(s):  
BR Sahithya ◽  
Vijaya Raman
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Outpatient Setting ◽  
Child Temperament ◽  
Parental Personality ◽  
Parent Personality

Background: Anxiety disorders are common in children and contribute to adverse developmental outcomes. Although etiological models of child anxiety have identified various environmental factors, very few studies in India have examined these factors in children presenting with anxiety disorders. Therefore, the present study was designed to examine parenting styles, parental personality, and child temperament in children with anxiety disorders in an Indian outpatient setting. Methods: In total, 42 children with anxiety disorders and 42 typically developing children, matched on age and gender, were screened using Child Behavior Checklist, Color Progressive Matrices, and Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders Parent version. Their parents were screened using Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview 5.0, following which they filled the questionnaires for parenting styles, parent personality, and child temperament. Results: There were significant differences between the two groups on parenting style, parent personality, and child temperament. Anxiety disorder was positively associated with the father’s permissiveness and negatively with the mother’s authoritativeness and child’s sociability. A combination of parenting styles and child temperament explained 69% of the variances in child anxiety disorders. There were significant associations between parental personality, child temperament, and parenting style. Parent and child characteristics explained 14%–46% of the variances in parenting styles. Conclusion: Results of this study are generally consistent with Western studies outlining the influence of child temperament and parenting styles on child outcome and have important implications for clinical management of anxiety disorders.

Child Temperament, Maternal Feeding Practices, and Parenting Styles and Their Influence on Obesogenic Behaviors in Hispanic Preschool Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Innella ◽  
Diane McNaughton ◽  
Michael Schoeny ◽  
Christy Tangney ◽  
Susan Breitenstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Child Temperament ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Childhood Weight ◽  
Permissive Parenting ◽  
Obesogenic Behaviors

Although obesogenic behaviors (physical activity and/or sedentary behavior and dietary intake) are known predictors of childhood weight status, little is known about mother and child behaviors contributing to obesogenic behaviors and obesity in Hispanic preschool children, whose obesity rate is higher than in non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks. The purpose of this cross-sectional, descriptive study was to examine relationships among child temperament, maternal behaviors (feeding practices and parenting style), child obesogenic behaviors, and child weight status in 100 Hispanic preschool children. Results showed that higher scores on the negative affectivity dimension of child temperament were associated with higher scores on the dimension of permissive parenting, and permissive parenting was associated with less time spent in sedentary behaviors ( B = −3.53, confidence interval [−7.52, −0.90]). Findings can guide school nurses in developing interventions that consider child temperament and parenting style to promote nonobesogenic behavior in Hispanic preschoolers.

Effects of Parenting Styles on Psychological Problems by Self Esteem and Gender Differences

2020 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2095844
Author(s):  
Erica Szkody ◽  
Ellen H. Steele ◽  
Cliff McKinney
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Female Self ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

Current research supports the lasting effects of parenting styles on children and adolescents’ self-esteem, and internalizing and externalizing problems. Few studies have examined parenting style, self-esteem, and psychological problems together while considering gender. The current study explored the indirect effect of parenting style though self-esteem on emerging adult psychological problems as moderated by gender among 381 emerging adults. The most notable finding suggested that maternal authoritative parenting was related to higher levels of female self-esteem, which in turn related to lower levels of female psychological problems. Results indicated a relationship between higher levels of self-esteem and lower psychological problems. Findings from the current study contribute to research emphasizing the long-lasting effects of parenting style on emerging adult self-esteem and mental health, particularly among females.

scholarly journals Predicting internalizing problems in Chinese children: The unique and interactive effects of parenting and child temperament

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 653-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luma Muhtadie ◽  
Qing Zhou ◽  
Nancy Eisenberg ◽  
Yun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Effortful Control ◽  
Child Temperament ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Authoritative Parenting ◽  
Authoritarian Parenting

AbstractThe additive and interactive relations of parenting styles (authoritative and authoritarian parenting) and child temperament (anger/frustration, sadness, and effortful control) to children's internalizing problems were examined in a 3.8-year longitudinal study of 425 Chinese children (aged 6–9 years) from Beijing. At Wave 1, parents self-reported on their parenting styles, and parents and teachers rated child temperament. At Wave 2, parents, teachers, and children rated children's internalizing problems. Structural equation modeling indicated that the main effect of authoritative parenting and the interactions of Authoritarian Parenting × Effortful Control and Authoritative Parenting × Anger/Frustration (parents' reports only) prospectively and uniquely predicted internalizing problems. The above results did not vary by child sex and remained significant after controlling for co-occurring externalizing problems. These findings suggest that (a) children with low effortful control may be particularly susceptible to the adverse effect of authoritarian parenting and (b) the benefit of authoritative parenting may be especially important for children with high anger/frustration.

A comparative study of child temperament and parenting in Beijing, China and the western United States

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 541-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian L. Porter ◽  
Craig H. Hart ◽  
Chongming Yang ◽  
Clyde C. Robinson ◽  
Susanne Frost Olsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Child Temperament ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Chinese Sample ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Authoritarian Parenting ◽  
Beijing China

The purpose of this investigation was to examine comparable dimensions and linkages between child temperament and parenting styles with samples from Beijing, China and the western United States. Participants included 404 mothers and fathers from Beijing, China and 325 mothers and fathers from the western United States. Both mothers and fathers completed Buss and Plomin's (1984) EAS Temperament Scale as well as a spousal-report measure of parenting styles. Structural equation modelling was used to identify invariant (statistically comparable) factors for child temperament and parenting styles. Within-culture gender comparisons showed that Chinese fathers (relative to mothers) viewed their sons as being more active and sociable than daughters while US mothers (relative to fathers) rated their sons as being more active. Across-culture differences revealed that US parents (relative to Chinese parents) viewed children as more emotional while Chinese fathers (relative to US fathers) rated their children as more active. Similar and differential cultural patterns of linkages were also found between parenting styles and child temperament. Child emotionality was positively associated with authoritarian parenting in both cultures while child activity level was linked to more authoritative and less authoritarian parenting styles, but only in the Chinese sample. Finally, child sociability was found to be negatively linked to cross-gender patterns of authoritarian parenting in the US while mothers’ and fathers’ authoritarian parenting in China was linked to lower sociability in daughters only.

Parenting Style, Familism, and Youth Adjustment in Mexican American and European American Families

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 659-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole E. Mahrer ◽  
Lindsay E. Holly ◽  
Linda J. Luecken ◽  
Sharlene A. Wolchik ◽  
William Fabricius
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Authoritative Parenting ◽  
European American ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing Problems ◽  
Youth Outcomes ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

Authoritative parenting is typically considered the gold-standard parenting approach based on studies with largely European American (EA) samples. The current study evaluated a novel, “no-nonsense” parenting style in Mexican American (MA) and EA families, not captured by traditional classifications. Parenting styles of mothers and fathers, cultural values, and youth internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed in 179 MA ( n = 84) and EA ( n = 95) parents and adolescents across 2 years (seventh to ninth grade). MA families showed a higher proportion of “no-nonsense” parenting, characterized by high levels of acceptance as well as harsh discipline and rejection, compared with EA families. Cultural values influenced the link between parenting styles and youth outcomes across ethnicity such that when parents endorsed low adherence to familismo values, authoritative parenting predicted lower youth internalizing and externalizing problems compared with the “no-nonsense” parenting. Yet when parents endorsed strong adherence to familismo values, the authoritative and no-nonsense parenting functioned similarly. Findings have implications for the development of culturally competent parenting interventions that may lead to positive outcomes in youth from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

scholarly journals Bidirectional relations between temperament and parenting styles in Chinese children

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica H. Lee ◽  
Qing Zhou ◽  
Nancy Eisenberg ◽  
Yun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Effortful Control ◽  
Child Temperament ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Authoritarian Parenting ◽  
Bidirectional Relations ◽  
Age Range ◽  
And Control

The present study examined bidirectional relations between child temperament and parenting styles in a sample ( n = 425) of Chinese children during the elementary school period (age range = 6 to 9 years at Wave 1). Using two waves (3.8 years apart) of longitudinal data, we tested two hypotheses: (1) whether child temperament (effortful control and anger/frustration) at Wave 1 predicts parenting styles (authoritative and authoritarian parenting) at Wave 2, controlling for Wave 1 parenting; and (2) whether parenting styles at Wave 1 predict Wave 2 temperament, controlling for Wave 1 temperament. We found support for bidirectional relations between temperament and authoritarian parenting, such that higher effortful control and lower anger/frustration were associated with higher authoritarian parenting across time and in both directions. There were no significant cross-time associations between children’s temperament and authoritative parenting. These findings extend previous tests of transactional relations between child temperament and parenting in Chinese children and are consistent with cultural values toward effortful control and control of anger/frustration in Chinese society.

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