Mothers of Children with Externalizing Behavior Problems: Cognitive Risk Factors for Abuse Potential and Discipline Style and Practices

Autor/inn/en	McElroy, Erika M.; Rodriguez, Christina M.
Titel	Mothers of Children with Externalizing Behavior Problems: Cognitive Risk Factors for Abuse Potential and Discipline Style and Practices
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 32 (2008) 8, S.774-784 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.01.002
Schlagwörter	Check Lists; Locus of Control; Behavior Problems; Discipline; Child Abuse; Mothers; Parent Role; At Risk Persons; Perspective Taking; Child Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Empathy; Measures (Individuals); Aggression; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Checkliste; Disziplin; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Mother; Mutter; Parental role; Elternrolle; Risikogruppe; Zukunftsperspektive; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Empathie; Messdaten; Prädiktor
Abstract	Objective: Utilizing the conceptual framework of the Social Information Processing (SIP) model ([Milner, 1993] and [Milner, 2000]), associations between cognitive risk factors and child physical abuse risk and maladaptive discipline style and practices were examined in an at-risk population. Methods: Seventy-three mothers of 5-12-year-old children, who were identified by their therapist as having an externalizing behavior problem, responded to self-report measures pertaining to cognitive risk factors (empathic perspective taking, frustration tolerance, developmental expectations, parenting locus of control), abuse risk, and discipline style and practices. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) provided a confirmation of the child's externalizing behaviors independent of the therapist's assessment. Results: The results of this study suggest several cognitive risk factors significantly predict risk of parental aggression toward children. A parent's ability to empathize and take the perspective of their child, parental locus of control, and parental level of frustration tolerance were significant predictors of abuse potential (accounting for 63% of the variance) and inappropriate discipline practices (accounting for 55% of the variance). Conclusions: Findings of the present study provide support for processes theorized in the SIP model. Specifically, results underscore the potential role of parents' frustration tolerance, developmental expectations, locus of control, and empathy as predictive of abuse potential and disciplinary style in an at-risk sample. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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