Inter-parent childrearing disagreement, but not dissimilarity, predicts child problems after controlling for parenting effectiveness
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Psychology, Department of
department or school: Other UBC
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alternative: Childrearing disagreement
identifier citation: Chen, M., & Johnston, C. (2012). Interparent childrearing disagreement, but not dissimilarity, predicts child problems after controlling for parenting effectiveness. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41, 189-201.
contributor: Child and Family Research Institute
rights copyright: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
creator: Chen, Mandy Yao-Min
creator: Johnston, Charlotte
issued: 2016-02-12T21:41:44Z
issued: 2012
description: Parental differences regarding childrearing may be operationalized as actual dissimilarity in the parenting actions or goals of the parents, or as perceived conflict or disagreement related to these dissimilarities. This study tested whether these two types of parental differences are each associated with child problems, independent of the contributions of parenting effectiveness. A community sample of 160 couples with a first-born child participated. Mothers and fathers independently completed measures of childrearing disagreement, parenting behaviors and goals, and child behavior. Inter-parent childrearing disagreement accounted for unique variance in child internalizing and externalizing problems, even after controlling for family income, marital satisfaction and parenting effectiveness. Dissimilarity in mother and father parenting behaviors (but not goals) was associated with child problems at the bivariate level, but not after controlling for parenting effectiveness.
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note: CHILDREARING DISAGREEMENT 1 Running head: CHILDREARING DISAGREEMENT Inter-parent childrearing disagreement, but not dissimilarity, predicts child problems after controlling for parenting effectiveness Mandy Chen & Charlotte Johnston AUTHOR PREPUBLICATION DRAFT We thank the families who participated in this study, and Ashley Caringi and Randall Gillis for their assistance with data collection. This research was supported by the BC Mental Health Foundation - CIHR INMHA doctoral research award and the Human Early Learning Partnership thesis funding granted to the first author. CHILDREARING DISAGREEMENT 2 Abstract Parental differences regarding childrearing may be operationalized as actual dissimilarity in the parenting actions or goals of the parents, or as perceived conflict or disagreement related to these dissimilarities. This study tested whether these two types of parental differences are each associated with child problems, independent of the contributions of parenting effectiveness. A community sample of 160 couples with a first-born child participated. Mothers and fathers independently completed measures of childrearing disagreement, parenting behaviors and goals, and child behavior. Inter-parent childrearing disagreement accounted for unique variance in child internalizing and externalizing problems, even after controlling for family income, marital satisfaction and parenting effectiveness. Dissimilarity in mother and father parenting behaviors (but not goals) was associated with child problems at the bivariate level, but not after controlling for parenting effectiveness. Keywords: childrearing disagreement, coparenting, preschool age, internalizing, externalizingCHILDREARING DISAGREEMENT 3 Inter-parent childrearing disagreement, but not dissimilarity, predicts child problems after controlling for parenting effectiveness The coordination of mothers’ and fathers’ parenting efforts, or coparenting, is a central component of family functioning, and is conceptuali…
has type: Article
has type: Postprint
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0224114
language: eng
peer review status: Reviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.651997
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
scholar level: Faculty
subject: childrearing disagreement
subject: coparenting
subject: preschool age
subject: internalizing
subject: externalizing
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/56989