Unraveling the Bidirectional Associations between Parental Knowledge and Children's Externalizing Behavior.

ABSTRACT: Although within- and between-family bidirectional associations between parental knowledge and children's externalizing behavior have been theoretically proposed, studies that unravel these associations simultaneously remain scarce. This study examined these bidirectional associations within and between German families. 3611 families participated across one-year intervals between children ages 8 to 15 (50.6% boys, 34.5% fathers, 89.0% German-born, M_waves = 3.63, SD_waves = 2.00). Random intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPM) with linear slopes revealed negative between-family associations between parental knowledge and children's externalizing behavior, and a negative association between the random linear slopes. Generally, no within-family cross-lagged effects w

SUBMITTER: Visscher AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9957859 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature