1. Externalizing and internalizing problems: contributions of attachment and parental practices
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Kenneth H. Rubin, Ana Maria Xavier Faraco, Mauro Luís Vieira, and Sandra Adriana Neves Nunes
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Maternal attachment ,Social withdrawal ,Low education ,lcsh:BF1-990 ,Externalizing problems ,Developmental psychology ,medicine ,Juvenile delinquency ,internalizing problems ,attachment ,parental control ,General Psychology ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Aggression ,apego ,problemas internalizantes ,controle parental ,rejeição ,lcsh:Psychology ,Problemas externalizantes ,Anxiety ,rejection ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology ,Parental control - Abstract
The relation between attachment and parental practices with externalizing (aggression and delinquency) and internalizing (social withdrawal and anxiety/depression) behavioral problems were investigated in this study. Participants were 289 children (from 9 to 12 years old) and 205 caregivers who answered distinct questionnaires: the formers on attachment and the later on parental practices. Results indicated that poor maternal attachment relationships, high levels of parental rejection and being a boy predicted aggression. Moreover, poor paternal attachment and father's low education predicted social withdrawal. Finally, parental rejection was marginally associated with anxiety/depression. The results reinforce, partially, the existing literature and help to understand the complex relationship between parenting and behavioral problems. As relações do vínculo de apego e das práticas parentais com problemas externalizantes (agressividade e delinquência) e internalizantes (retraimento social e ansiedade/depressão) foram investigadas neste estudo. Os participantes foram 289 crianças (9 a12 anos de idade) e 205 cuidadores que responderam questionários sobre vínculo de apego e sobre práticas parentais. Os resultados indicaram que vínculo frágil de apego materno, altos níveis de rejeição parental e o fato de ser menino predizem agressividade. Ademais, vínculo frágil de apego paterno e baixa escolaridade paterna predizem retraimento social. Finalmente, rejeição parental associou-se marginalmente à ansiedade/depressão dos filhos. Os resultados reforçam parcialmente a literatura e auxiliam na compreensão da complexa relação entre parentalidade e problemas comportamentais.
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- 2013