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Correlating Parenting Style and Sociodemographics with Child Behavior for Emergency Visits

Gianneschi, Grace Ellen
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1497011309970994

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2017, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Dentistry.
Purpose: This study assessed relationships between parenting style, sociodemographics, and child behavior during a first emergency dental visit. Methods: Parents/legal guardians of patients three to six years old presenting to Nationwide Children’s Hospital dental clinic for their first emergency visit completed the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ), the Parent-Child Relationship Questionnaire (PCRQ), and a 23-question demographic survey. A calibrated dentist performed emergency treatment. One of two calibrated personnel assessed child behavior using the Frankl scale. Relationships between parenting style + behavior, parenting style + various sociodemographic variables, and behavior + various sociodemographic variables were assessed using Wilcoxon Rank Sum, chi-square, and Fisher’s exact tests. Results: The reliability of behavior ratings was assessed using Spearman’s correlation coefficient; inter-rater reliability was 0.8; intra-rater reliability for each of the two personnel was 0.941 and 0.936. Forty-nine parent/child dyads participated. 11 (22%) children had poor behavior. 40 (82%) children presented with their mother. 35 (100%) of parents had the authoritative parenting style. Patients with good behavior had parents who scored higher on the warmth domain of the PCRQ than patients with poor behavior (P=0.041), though this is not clinically significant. White or African American children were more likely to cooperate (P=.0006). When analyzing treated patients only, patients iii of parents who believe access to care includes braces were significantly more likely to have poor behavior than to have good behavior (P=.0361). Conclusion: 100% of parents exhibited the authoritative parenting style. Patients who received treatment and whose parents believe access to care includes “braces” were more likely to have poor behavior. Patients who were not African American or white were more likely to have poor behavior.
Ashok Kumar, D.D.S., M.S. (Advisor)
Paul Casamassimo, D.D.S., M.S. (Committee Member)
Dennis McTigue, D.D.S., M.S. (Committee Member)
Daniel Coury, M.D. (Committee Member)
62 p.
Behavioral Sciences; Dental Care; Health Care
Parenting style; child behavior; parenting; emergency; sociodemographics

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  • Gianneschi, G. E. (2017). Correlating Parenting Style and Sociodemographics with Child Behavior for Emergency Visits [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1497011309970994

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gianneschi, Grace. Correlating Parenting Style and Sociodemographics with Child Behavior for Emergency Visits. 2017. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1497011309970994.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gianneschi, Grace. "Correlating Parenting Style and Sociodemographics with Child Behavior for Emergency Visits." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1497011309970994

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