Capturing Parenting as a Multidimensional and Dynamic Construct with a Person-Oriented Approach.

ABSTRACT: Although parenting is one of the most commonly studied predictors of child problem behavior, few studies have examined parenting as a multidimensional and dynamic construct. This study investigated different patterns of developmental trajectories of two parenting dimensions (harsh discipline [HD] and parental warmth [PW]) with a person-oriented approach and examined the associations between different parenting patterns and child externalizing problems and callous-unemotional traits. Data were drawn from the combined high-risk control and normative sample (n = 753) of the Fast Track Project. Parent-reported HD and observer-reported PW from kindergarten to grade 2 were fit to growth mixture models. Two subgroups were identified for HD (low decreasing, 83.0 %; high stable, 17.0 %) and PW (hig

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6141018 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature