Buffering the negative effects of maternal alcohol problems on child behavior
| Autor: | Nicola A. Conners-Burrow, Khiela J. Holmes, Glenn R. Mesman, Joy R. Pemberton, Lorraine McKelvey, Robert H. Bradley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Child Behavior Mothers Poison control Child Behavior Disorders Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Developmental psychology Young Adult Child of Impaired Parents Injury prevention medicine Humans Young adult Child General Psychology Parenting Aggression Human factors and ergonomics Early Head Start Mother-Child Relations Child Preschool Female medicine.symptom Psychology Alcohol-Related Disorders Follow-Up Studies Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Psychology. 29:576-584 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1293 0893-3200 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/fam0000121 |
| Popis: | Our objective was to examine how mothers' warmth can protect children from the negative effects of maternal alcohol problems on children's externalizing behavior and, alternately, how harsh parenting can exacerbate the problem. We used data from 1,563 families eligible for Early Head Start and assessed when children were age 5 and again at age 11. We examined whether mothers' warmth or harsh parenting at age 5 moderated the effect of maternal alcohol problems on children's behavior problems at age 11. Results indicated that mothers' symptoms of alcohol problems when children were age 5 predicted greater externalizing behavior problems (aggression and rule breaking) when children were age 11. Aggression and rule-breaking behaviors, externalizing behaviors commonly associated with maternal alcohol problems, were lessened when mothers were warm and did not engage in harsh parenting techniques. Our findings highlight the importance of positive parenting techniques in high-risk families. |
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