Predictors of Parenting Stress for Abusive and Nonabusive Mothers

Autor/inn/en	McPherson, Andrea V.; Lewis, Kristen M.; Lynn, Amy E.; Haskett, Mary E.; Behrend, Tara S.
Titel	Predictors of Parenting Stress for Abusive and Nonabusive Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Family Studies, 18 (2009) 1, S.61-69 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-1024
DOI	10.1007/s10826-008-9207-0
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Mothers; Child Rearing; Child Behavior; Parent Child Relationship; Regression (Statistics); Psychology; Child Abuse; Predictor Variables; Stress Variables; Mental Health; Correlation; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Kindererziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Psychologie; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Prädiktor; Psychohygiene; Korrelation
Abstract	We examined a model of parenting stress for abusive mothers (n = 80) and nonabusive mothers (n = 86) using linear regression analyses. Predictors in the model included (a) the degree to which mothers were bothered by child misbehavior, (b) mothers' general psychological functioning, and (c) observed child behavior during parent-child interactions. Whether abuse status moderated the relations between each predictor and parenting stress was also explored. Results indicated that mothers' psychological functioning significantly predicted parenting stress; however, neither mothers' intolerance for their children's misbehavior nor observed child behavior were significant predictors of parenting stress in the regression model. A test of moderation revealed a significant interaction between parental intolerance and abuse status such that intolerance predicted parenting stress level only for abusive mothers. A comparison of correlations indicated that abusive mothers' level of parenting stress was more closely related to their intolerance for child conduct problems than to the child's behavior during play with their mothers. Findings are discussed in terms of implications for interventions to reduce parenting stress experienced by nonabusive and abusive mothers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10