The reciprocal influence of callous-unemotional traits, oppositional defiant disorder and parenting practices in preschoolers

The present study investigates reciprocal associations between positive parenting, parental monitoring, CU traits, and ODD in children assessed at age 3 and again at age 6. Data were collected from a sample of preschoolers (N = 419; 51.58 % female) through diagnostic interviews and questionnaires an...

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Autores: Brown, Caitlin A., Granero, Roser|||0000-0001-6308-3198, Ezpeleta, Lourdes|||0000-0002-8957-083X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:148322
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/148322
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10578-016-0641-8
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Callous-unemotional
Traits oppositional
Defiant disorder
Parenting style
Structural equation modeling
Preschoolers
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Sumario:The present study investigates reciprocal associations between positive parenting, parental monitoring, CU traits, and ODD in children assessed at age 3 and again at age 6. Data were collected from a sample of preschoolers (N = 419; 51.58 % female) through diagnostic interviews and questionnaires answered by parents and teachers. Structural equation modeling revealed a bidirectional relationship between poor monitoring and ODD, with poor monitoring at age 3 predicting ODD at age 6 (β = 0.11, p < 0.05), and ODD at age 3 predicting poor monitoring at age 6 (β = 0.10, p < 0.05). While poor monitoring at age 3 predicted CU traits at age 6 (β = 0.11, p < 0.05), CU traits at age 3 predicted positive parenting (β = 0.09, p < 0.05) and ODD (β = 0.13, p < 0.05) at age 6. Results have important implications for early targeted parenting interventions for CU traits and ODD. Keywords