Child-Related Disagreements, Verbal Aggression, and Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems.

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine M. Lee ◽  
Christine Beauregard ◽  
Karen A. Bax
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Verbal Aggression ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

Nonshared experiences within the family: Correlates of behavioral problems in middle childhood

1990 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Dunn ◽  
Clare Stocker ◽  
Robert Plomin
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Maternal Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Genetic Research ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Internalizing Behavior ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing ◽  
Older Siblings

AbstractOne of the most dramatic findings from quantitative genetic research is that environmental influences shared by siblings in a family do not make the siblings similar in terms of psychopathology. Sibling resemblance for psychopathology appears to be genetic rather than environmental in origin; environmental influences that affect the development of psychopathology must be nonshared and make children in the same family different rather than similar. This study sets out to identify environmental factors that differ for young siblings and to assess associations between such nonshared factors and differences in the older siblings' outcome in two domains: internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Maternal interview and observations of differential maternal and sibling behavior were compared within 67 sibling dyads (younger and older siblings aged 4 and 7 years, respectively, on average), and differential experiences were related to the adjustment of the older sibling, as assessed by mother and teacher. Differential maternal behavior appeared to be particularly important as a predictor of adjustment problems. Older siblings showed internalizing problems in families in which mothers were less affectionate to the older than to the younger sibling. Greater maternal control toward the older than the younger sibling predicted both internalizing and externalizing problems. Differential maternal behavior explained 34% of the variance of internalizing behavior and 27% of the variance of externalizing behavior problems, independent of variance explained by family structure variables. Although the sample was unselected for psychopathology and was too small to permit analyses of the diagnosable extremes of internalizing and externalizing dimensions, these results are encouraging in relation to the goal of identifying systematic sources of nonshared environment that affect the development of psychopathology.

Mothers’ Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Depression: Associations with Children’s Behavioral Functioning

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110567
Author(s):  
Alyssa M. Yetter
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Behavioral Functioning ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

Despite robust bodies of literature documenting that both mothers’ intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and mothers’ mental health are consequential for children’s behavioral functioning, the conjunction of these two risk factors is less understood. Findings are mixed as to whether mental health mediates the effect of IPV on behavioral functioning. Such mixed findings may result from literature primarily examining samples selected from clinical, shelter, or intervention settings. Furthermore, few studies have expanded the literature to assess moderation, rather than mediation, effects. While mediation analysis tests whether behavioral problems result from mothers’ IPV because IPV increases depression, moderation analysis instead tests whether mother’s IPV victimization has a different impact for their children based on whether or not the mother is also experiencing depression. The current study uses a representative survey of neighborhoods and households in Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey ( n = 1,913), to examine the combined effects of mothers’ IPV victimization and depression on children’s internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. The findings suggest that mothers’ IPV victimization and depression have direct, positive effects on both internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Additionally, there is a moderation effect such that children of mothers who suffer from both IPV victimization and depression have higher levels of internalizing behavior problems. These results emphasize the importance of addressing the mental health of IPV victims, not only for the benefit of the direct victim, but also for the benefit of her children.

scholarly journals Delineating the maladaptive pathways of child maltreatment: A mediated moderation analysis of the roles of self-perception and social support

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Appleyard ◽  
Chongming Yang ◽  
Desmond K. Runyan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Externalizing Behavior ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Externalizing Behavior Problems ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Mediated Moderation ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

AbstractThe current study investigated concurrent and longitudinal mediated and mediated moderation pathways among maltreatment, self-perception (i.e., loneliness and self-esteem), social support, and internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. For both genders, early childhood maltreatment (i.e., ages 0–6) was related directly to internalizing and externalizing behavior problems at age 6, and later maltreatment (i.e., ages 6–8) was directly related to internalizing and externalizing behavior problems at age 8. Results of concurrent mediation and mediated moderation indicated that early maltreatment was significantly related to internalizing and externalizing behavior problems at age 6 indirectly both through age 6 loneliness and self-esteem for boys and through age 6 loneliness for girls. Significant moderation of the pathway from early maltreatment to self-esteem, and for boys, significant mediated moderation to emotional and behavioral problems were found, such that the mediated effect through self-esteem varied across levels of social support, though in an unexpected direction. No significant longitudinal mediation or mediated moderation was found, however, between the age 6 mediators and moderator and internalizing or externalizing problems at age 8. The roles of the hypothesized mediating and moderating mechanisms are discussed, with implications for designing intervention and prevention programs.

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