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Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development 6/2013

01-12-2013 | Original Article

Parenting Stress and Externalizing Behavior Symptoms in Children: The Impact of Emotional Reactivity

Auteurs: Giulia Buodo, Ughetta Moscardino, Sara Scrimin, Gianmarco Altoè, Daniela Palomba

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 6/2013

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Abstract

This study investigated whether the parenting stress-child externalizing behavior link is moderated by children’s emotional reactivity, as indexed by skin conductance responses (SCRs). Participants were 61 children aged 9–12 years and their mothers. Mothers completed measures of parenting stress and their children’s externalizing symptoms; children also reported on their externalizing behavior. Children’s SCRs were assessed during the viewing of standardized pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral pictures. Cluster analysis on SCRs identified two groups, labeled Lower SCRs and Higher SCRs. Regression analyses indicated that among children with lower SCRs, those exposed to increased parenting stress reported more externalizing symptoms, whereas those who experienced low parenting stress reported similar rates of externalizing problems as children with higher SCRs. No effect of parenting stress emerged for children with higher SCRs. Findings suggest that higher parenting stress renders children with lower, as opposed to higher, SCRs to emotional stimuli more vulnerable to externalizing problems.
vorige artikel Cognitive Vulnerability Profiles of Highly Anxious and Non-anxious Children
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International Affective Picture System picture numbers were as follows: Pleasant: 8510, 7430, 7400, 7330, 8490, 5910, 5480, 5450, 2650, 1920, 1750, 1710; Neutral :7170, 7150, 7130, 7100, 7090, 7040, 7010, 7000, 7080, 7030, 2190, 2280; Unpleasant: 9421, 9050, 6370, 6300, 6230, 2810, 2130, 2120, 1040, 1120, 1930, 1300.
 
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The analysis was conducted on the log-transformed YSR scores.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Parenting Stress and Externalizing Behavior Symptoms in Children: The Impact of Emotional Reactivity
Auteurs
Giulia Buodo
Ughetta Moscardino
Sara Scrimin
Gianmarco Altoè
Daniela Palomba
Publicatiedatum
01-12-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 6/2013
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-013-0371-0

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