Parenting Stress and Childhood Psychopathology: An Examination of Specificity to Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms |
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Authors: | Natalie M Costa Carl F Weems Karen Pellerin Richard Dalton |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, 2001 Geology & Psychology Building, New Orleans, Lousiana, 70148;(2) Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Lousiana |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to examine if specificity exists between three factors of parenting stress (i.e., parental distress,
parent–child (PC) dysfunctional interactions, and difficult child) and childhood internalizing and externalizing symptoms.
The incremental validity of parenting stress beyond parental psychopathology was also examined. The sample was drawn from
families of children aged 5–17 (N = 300), who sought treatment for their child from a community mental health clinic. Results indicated that the PC dysfunctional
interactions factor showed specificity to internalizing symptoms when controlling for parental psychopathology. Parental distress
did not show specificity or incremental validity and the difficult child factor was associated with both internalizing and
externalizing symptoms when controlling for parental psychopathology. The influence of age, gender, and ethnicity on these
associations is also presented, and findings are discussed in terms of how the results add to understanding the specific relations
between parenting stress and child and adolescent symptoms. |
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Keywords: | parenting stress internalizing and externalizing symptoms parental psychopathology parent– child interactions |
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