Protective longitudinal paths linking child competence to behavioral problems among African American siblings |
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| Authors: | Brody Gene H Kim Sooyeon Murry Velma McBride Brown Anita C |
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| Institution: | Center for Family Research/Institute for Behavioral Research, and Department of Child and Family Development, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-4527, USA. gbrody@uga.edu |
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| Abstract: | A 4-wave longitudinal design was used to examine protective links from child competence to behavioral problems in first- (M=10.97 years) and second- (M=8.27 years) born rural African American children. At 1-year intervals, teachers assessed child behavioral problems, mothers reported their psychological functioning, and both mothers and children reported parenting practices. Structural equation modeling indicated that child competence was linked with residualized positive changes in mothers' psychological functioning from Wave 1 to Wave 2. Mothers' psychological functioning and child competence at Wave 2 forecast involved-supportive parenting at Wave 3, which was associated negatively with externalizing and internalizing problems at Wave 4. The importance of replicating processes leading to outcomes among children in the same study is discussed. |
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