Negative parental attributions mediate associations between risk factors and dysfunctional parenting: A replication and extension |
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| Institution: | 1. Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA;2. Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA;3. Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, UC Davis, CA, USA;4. Children’s Data Network, USC School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA, USA;5. California Child Welfare Indicators Project, UC Berkeley, School of Social Welfare, Berkeley, CA, USA;6. Department of Health and Human Services, Sacramento County, CA, USA;7. Center for Health and Technology, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA;1. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States;2. University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States;1. Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA;2. School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA;3. Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA;1. Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States;2. University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;3. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States;4. Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | The primary goal of the current study was to replicate our previous study in which was found that negative maternal attributions mediate the association between parenting stress and harsh and abusive discipline. In addition, we investigated this association in fathers, and added observational parenting data. During two home visits mothers and fathers were observed with their children (age 1.5–6.0 years), filled in questionnaires, and completed the Parental Attributions of Child behavior Task (PACT; a computerized attribution task). Similar to our previous study, negative parental attributions mediated the relation between parenting stress and self-reported harsh and abusive parenting for both mothers and fathers. For mothers, this mediation effect was also found in the relation between parenting stress and lower levels of observed supportive parenting in a challenging disciplinary task. In addition, the relation of partner-related stress and abuse risk with harsh, abusive, and (low) supportive parenting were also mediated by maternal negative attributions. When parenting stress, partner-related stress, and abuse risk were studied in one model, only parenting stress remained significant. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of targeting parental attributions for prevention and intervention purposes in families experiencing stress. |
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| Keywords: | Parental attributions Harsh discipline Supportive parenting Child abuse Parenting stress Information processing |
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