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Maternal Functioning and Child's Externalizing Problems: Temperament and Sex-Based Driven Effects.

Gabrielle Garon-Carrier^1,2, Katherine Pascuzzo^1,2, William Gaudreau^1,2

¹Département de Psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

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Maternal psychological distress and hostility link child temperament to externalizing problems. Interventions targeting child temperament and maternal mental health are recommended for conduct issues.

Keywords:

externalizing problems hostility neglect psychological distress sex differences temperament warmth

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Child Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Child externalizing problems are a significant concern in developmental psychology.
Understanding the interplay between child temperament, parenting, and behavioral outcomes is crucial.
Existing research highlights the role of parenting and child characteristics in conduct problems.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how maternal adverse parenting and psychological distress mediate the relationship between child temperament and externalizing problems.
To examine sex differences in these associations.
To inform targeted interventions for children with conduct problems and their mothers.

Main Methods:

Longitudinal study with 339 school-age children receiving in-school services for conduct problems.
Data collected via maternal questionnaires at three one-year intervals.
Path analyses used to examine mediation and moderation effects.

Main Results:

Maternal psychological distress partially mediated the link between child temperament (negative affectivity, surgency/extraversion, effortful control) and externalizing problems.
This indirect effect was significant for boys regarding negative affectivity, but not girls.
Maternal hostility mediated the association between child surgency/extraversion and externalizing problems in both sexes.

Conclusions:

Child temperament influences maternal psychological distress and hostility, which in turn predict externalizing problems.
Findings support temperament-based interventions for children and mental health support for mothers.
Enhanced maternal coping strategies may reduce child externalizing behaviors.