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Preschool Children with and without Developmental Delay: Risk, Parenting, and Child Demandingess

Mallory A Brown1, Laura Lee McIntyre, Keith A Crnic

  • 1Special Education & Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon.

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities
|July 11, 2012
PubMed

Insights

Early child risk factors and negative parenting uniquely predict child demandingness in preschool children. Infant sickness predicted demandingness, while developmental delay predicted negative parenting.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Existing research links early child risk factors and negative parenting to problematic child behavior.
  • Pathways of influence over time, particularly in children with developmental delays or disabilities, are not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interrelations between early child risk, negative parenting, and child demandingness over time.
  • To examine these relationships in preschool children with and without developmental delays.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal data from the Collaborative Family Study of 260 families with preschool children.
  • Assessment of child-related risk at 36 months, maternal intrusiveness and negative affect at 48 months, and child demandingness at 60 months.

Main Results:

  • Significant associations were found between early risk, negative parenting, and later child demandingness.
  • Infant sickness was the strongest predictor of child demandingness.
  • Developmental delay significantly predicted negative maternal parenting.

Conclusions:

  • Early child risk and negative maternal parenting contribute uniquely and additively to child demandingness.
  • Findings suggest distinct pathways for child risk and parenting influencing child behavior development.

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