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04-12-2019 | Original Paper

Are Security Tensions Associated with Parental Assessment of Current and Past Child Behavior?

Auteurs: Avital Laufer, Mally Shechory Bitton

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 6/2020

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Abstract

Objective

This research focuses on the associations between living under security tension and parental discrepancies in assessing current and past child behavioral and emotional problems.

Methods

The study included 68 Israeli married couples (N = 136) living in areas considered a conflict zone. Parents assessed their child’s emotional and behavioral problems both at present (after the operation had ended) and retrospectively (before the operation) using Achenbach’s CBCL questionnaire. Level of the parent’s exposure and fear resulting from security threats were assessed.

Results

The study findings indicate positive correlations between the mother and the father’s assessment of current and past child problems. However, mothers assessed the child’s behavior as more severe than fathers. Level of exposure was positively associated with the father’ tendency to assess the child’s problems as severe. Overall, both parents perceived the child as suffering from more problems after the military operation than before.

Conclusions

The study findings suggest that there is a good correspondence between parental assessment for both present and past problems and that security tension is reflected in the father’s awareness of the child’s problems and in the child's elevated problems.
vorige artikel The Mediating Effect of Empathy on the Relation Between Child Self-Expressiveness in Family and Prosocial Behaviors
volgende artikel Maternal Substance Use and Child Emotion Regulation: The Mediating Role of Parent Emotion Socialization
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Metagegevens
Titel
Are Security Tensions Associated with Parental Assessment of Current and Past Child Behavior?
Auteurs
Avital Laufer
Mally Shechory Bitton
Publicatiedatum
04-12-2019
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 6/2020
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01677-1

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