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Jill A Rabinowitz1, Deborah A G Drabick1, Maureen D Reynolds2
1Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia.
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
|February 3, 2016
Summary
Children
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Child Psychiatry
Background:
- Temperamental flexibility and positive parenting are linked to youth behavior problems.
- The interplay between child flexibility and parenting styles in predicting symptoms requires further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if children's temperamental flexibility moderates the relationship between parental positive parenting and adolescent internalizing/externalizing symptoms.
- To examine differential effects of maternal and paternal positive parenting based on child flexibility.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study with 775 participants (71% male) and caregivers.
- Measures collected at ages 10-12 and 12-14 years.
- Statistical analysis of moderating effects of child flexibility on parenting-symptom relationships.
Main Results:
- Father positive parenting interacted with child flexibility in predicting father-reported symptoms.
- Children with lower flexibility showed more symptoms in low positive parenting environments.
- Child flexibility buffered negative effects of low paternal positive parenting on symptoms.
Conclusions:
- Child temperamental flexibility plays a crucial role in how positive parenting influences adolescent behavioral problems.
- Paternal positive parenting is particularly important for children with lower temperamental flexibility.
- Findings support a diathesis-stress model where child traits interact with environmental factors.
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