Three-Year Trajectories of Parenting Behaviors among Physically Abusive Parents and Their Link to Child Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Okado, Yuko; Haskett, Mary E.
Titel	Three-Year Trajectories of Parenting Behaviors among Physically Abusive Parents and Their Link to Child Adjustment
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 44 (2015) 5, S.613-633 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-014-9295-5
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Parenting Styles; Parent Child Relationship; Preschool Children; Grade 1; Positive Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Academic Achievement; Social Development; Emotional Development; Behavior Development; Child Behavior; Executive Function; Adjustment (to Environment); Social Adjustment; Emotional Adjustment; Naturalistic Observation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Negative Fixierung; Schulleistung; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Soziale Anpassung; Emotionale Anpassung; Naturbeobachtung
Abstract	Background: There is limited knowledge about how positive and negative parenting practices differ across individuals and change over time in parents with substantiated physical abuse history, and how trajectories of these parenting practices affect child adjustment. Objective: The present study examined latent trajectories of positive and negative regard expressed by parents during parent-child interactions, assessed annually from children's preschool to first grade years, and compared how these trajectories differentially predicted child outcomes in first grade. Methods: Parents with substantiated physical abuse (n = 43) were followed prospectively from their children's preschool to first grade years. Latent class growth analysis (LCGA) was used to model trajectories of observer-rated parental positive and negative regard during this period. Teacher and parent-reported child academic, social-emotional, and behavioral functioning in first grade were compared across classes. Results: LCGA models indicated two subgroups of parents. Parents in the larger ("Warmer") class expressed consistently higher positive regard and lower negative regard toward their children compared to parents in the smaller ("Harsher") class. Children of parents in the Warmer class were rated by teachers as more academically competent and demonstrating better executive functioning than children of parents in the Harsher class. Conclusions: There is heterogeneity in trajectories of positive and negative parenting behaviors among parents with a history of physical abuse perpetration. Children of abusive parents who express higher levels of positive affect and lower levels of negative affect appear to be more protected from academic and behavioral maladjustment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01