Relations between parenting and child behavior : exploring the child's personality and parental self-efficacy as third variables
(2011) International Journal of Behavioral Development — Vol. 35, n° 3, p. 246-259 (2011)
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- The present study explores the bidirectional associations between parental behavior and child externalizing behavior in the context of two intervening variables: child's personality as a moderator of the effect of parental behavior on later child behavior; and parental self-efficacy as a mediator of the effect of child behavior on later parental behavior. Data were collected twice within one year from a sample of 340 preschoolers and their parents. Using latent variable SEM, three models were computed separately for mother-child and father-child dyads. A bidirectional effect was verified for the mothers, but only a child effect was observed for the fathers. Expected mediation by self-efficacy was verified. Finally, a partial moderating role for child's personality was demonstrated.
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University of Toronto Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology
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Meunier, J. C., Roskam, I., & Browne, D. T. (2011). Relations between parenting and child behavior : exploring the child’s personality and parental self-efficacy as third variables. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 35(3), 246-259. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025410382950 (Original work published 2011)