Parental Affect and Childrearing Beliefs Uniquely Predict Mothers' and Fathers' Ratings of Children's Behavior Problems

Autor/inn/en	Mulvaney, Matthew K.; Mebert, Carolyn J.; Flint, Jacqueline
Titel	Parental Affect and Childrearing Beliefs Uniquely Predict Mothers' and Fathers' Ratings of Children's Behavior Problems
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 28 (2007) 5-6, S.445-457 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2007.06.001
Schlagwörter	Parents; Psychological Characteristics; Bias; Evaluation; Child Behavior; Behavior Problems; Parent Child Relationship; Mothers; Fathers; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Eltern; Evaluierung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The focus of this study was to examine the relations between parental characteristics and ratings of children's behavior problems. Although there is a considerable body of research that indicates that parental reports of children's behavior are biased by the characteristics of the parent, a number of limitations of past research have precluded definitive conclusions about the impact of individual characteristics. This study examined the role of parental affect and childrearing beliefs in determining parental ratings of child behavior in a selected sample of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. A series of analyses was specified in which teachers' and co-parents' ratings were controlled to examine the unique associations between parental characteristics and ratings of child behavior. After controlling for the co-parents' and teachers' ratings, both mothers' and fathers' psychological characteristics uniquely contributed to variation in their ratings of children's behavior problems. The specific affective and childrearing belief variables that accounted for variation in parental ratings varied by parent sex and the broadband rating analyzed. These analyses indicate the role that rater-specific characteristics may play in determining parents' assessments of child behavior. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10