TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Callous–Unemotional Traits on the Association Between Parenting and Child Conduct Problems
AU - Crum, Kathleen I.
AU - Waschbusch, Daniel A.
AU - Bagner, Daniel M.
AU - Coxe, Stefany
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is based on data collected by Daniel A. Waschbusch through the Behavior Education Support and Treatment (BEST) program. Funding for the BEST project was partially provided by grants to Daniel Waschbusch from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (No. 304E) and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (839-2000-1061).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - The current study investigated whether and how callous–unemotional traits (CU) moderated the association between specific parenting practices and child conduct problems (CP) with a special consideration of informant patterns. Associations between CU, ODD and CD symptom severity, and the parenting practices of deficient monitoring, positive involvement, and negative/ineffective discipline were examined across parent and teacher reports on 851 elementary-school students. Relative to children with low CU, in children with high CU: (1) positive parenting was associated with lower CD, but increased ODD; (2) negative/ineffective discipline was associated with increased ODD; (3) deficient monitoring was associated with increased CD. Results were not robust across informants. These findings suggest that in the context of CU, the associations between parenting and CP differ based on parenting characteristics, CP dimensions, and informant, and that families may benefit from treatment targeting specific parenting practices based on CP symptom profiles.
AB - The current study investigated whether and how callous–unemotional traits (CU) moderated the association between specific parenting practices and child conduct problems (CP) with a special consideration of informant patterns. Associations between CU, ODD and CD symptom severity, and the parenting practices of deficient monitoring, positive involvement, and negative/ineffective discipline were examined across parent and teacher reports on 851 elementary-school students. Relative to children with low CU, in children with high CU: (1) positive parenting was associated with lower CD, but increased ODD; (2) negative/ineffective discipline was associated with increased ODD; (3) deficient monitoring was associated with increased CD. Results were not robust across informants. These findings suggest that in the context of CU, the associations between parenting and CP differ based on parenting characteristics, CP dimensions, and informant, and that families may benefit from treatment targeting specific parenting practices based on CP symptom profiles.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10578-015-0535-1
DO - 10.1007/s10578-015-0535-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 25680428
AN - SCOPUS:84945191230
SN - 0009-398X
VL - 46
SP - 967
EP - 980
JO - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
JF - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
IS - 6
ER -
