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BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE, AND AFFECTIVE PREDICTORS OF CHILD CONDUCT PROBLEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS

Richerson, Lauren A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1193156476

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
This study examined multidimensional predictors of child conduct problems in the context of parent-child interactions. Seventy-one children aged eight to twelve participated with their mothers. Mother-child dyads engaged in an experimental clean-up task designed to elicit conduct problems. Hierarchical regression analyses determined the predictive utility of behavioral, cognitive, and affective variables. A regression model that included parent predictors (maternal coercion, perceived power, and anger) and child predictors (perceptions of maternal support, negative attributions for mothers’ behavior, and anger) accounted for 50% of the variance in child noncompliance during the clean-up task. Maternal coercion (negative talk) was the most significant predictor; however, incremental variance accounted for by child variables (particularly child anger) provides evidence for mother-child effects. These data highlight the importance of examining interventions that target relational parent-child variables rather than maternal behaviors alone. Further research is needed to clarify the direction of transmission (unidirectional versus bidirectional) of maladaptive parent-child processes and well as to evaluate the extent to which interactive therapies can ameliorate older children’s conduct problems.
Julie Owens (Advisor)
70 p.
Conduct Problems; Attributions; Perceived Power; Negative Affect; Coercion Theory; Maternal Support; Parent-Child Interactions

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  • Richerson, L. A. (2007). BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE, AND AFFECTIVE PREDICTORS OF CHILD CONDUCT PROBLEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1193156476

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Richerson, Lauren. BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE, AND AFFECTIVE PREDICTORS OF CHILD CONDUCT PROBLEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS. 2007. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1193156476.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Richerson, Lauren. "BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE, AND AFFECTIVE PREDICTORS OF CHILD CONDUCT PROBLEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1193156476

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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