Antecedents and Consequences of Child Externalizing Problems: Differences in Dynamic Parent-Child Processes.

ABSTRACT: Given that noncompliance is the most common externalizing problem during middle childhood and reliably predicts significant conduct problems, innovations in elucidating its etiology are sorely needed. Evaluation of in-the-moment antecedents and consequences of child noncompliance improves traction on this goal, given that multiple theories contend that child noncompliance and parent behavior mutually influence each other through negative reciprocation as well as contingent praise processes. Among a sample of 140 families (child age: 6-10 years; 32.1% female), the present study capitalized on intensive repeated measures of observed child noncompliance and parent negative talk and praise objectively coded during three unique tasks. We employed dynamic structural equation modeling to evaluate

SUBMITTER: Somers JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10542848 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature