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Examining Longitudinal Relations Between Mothers’ and Fathers’ Parenting Stress, Parenting Behaviors, and Adolescents’ Behavior Problems

Journal of child and family studies, 2021-03, Vol.30 (3), p.771-783 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Examining Longitudinal Relations Between Mothers’ and Fathers’ Parenting Stress, Parenting Behaviors, and Adolescents’ Behavior Problems
  • Author: de Maat, Donna A. ; Jansen, Pauline W. ; Prinzie, Peter ; Keizer, Renske ; Franken, Ingmar H. A. ; Lucassen, Nicole
  • Subjects: Adolescent girls ; Adolescent parents ; Adolescents ; Age ; Behavior ; Behavioral Science and Psychology ; Behaviour disordered children ; Behavioural problems ; Bidirectionality ; Child and School Psychology ; Discrepancies ; Externalizing problems ; Fathers ; Internalization ; Internalizing behaviour ; Internalizing problems ; Mothers ; Original Paper ; Parental stress ; Parenting style ; Parents & parenting ; Psychology ; Social Sciences ; Sociology ; Teenagers
  • Is Part Of: Journal of child and family studies, 2021-03, Vol.30 (3), p.771-783
  • Description: Parenting stress of mothers has frequently been linked to negative child outcomes. According to Abidin’s stress model, this relationship may be explained by dysfunctional parenting behaviors. In this study, we scrutinized the effects of both mothers and fathers in the pathway from parenting stress through parenting behaviors to subsequent adolescent behavior problems. We expected the association between parenting stress and adolescent behavior problems to be partially mediated by maternal and paternal parenting behaviors. Further, we expected crossover effects, i.e., that parenting stress of one parent was related to the parenting behavior of the other parent. We applied a 3-wave longitudinal design using data from 441 adolescents (52% girls) and their parents (419 fathers; 436 mothers). Parents reported on parenting stress (adolescent age range  =  10.9–16.3 years). Adolescents reported on perceived parental overreactivity and warmth (age range  =  12.9–18.3) and their own internalizing and externalizing problems (age range  =  15.9–21.3). Despite cross-sectional significant associations between parenting stress, parenting behavior, and adolescent behavior problems, we found no evidence of longitudinal linkages. One exception was maternal parenting stress, which positively predicted later adolescent externalizing problems. Consequently, the mediating role of parenting behaviors was not supported. We found no crossover effects in the pathway from parenting stress to parenting behaviors. The discrepancies between our longitudinal and cross-sectional findings raise questions about the actual impact that parents have on their children’s outcome. Though, targeting mothers’ parenting stress may help to reduce adolescent externalizing problems and its ramifications at least to some extent. Highlights This study tested Abidin’s stress model from a family systems perspective, using 3-wave longitudinal data from mothers, fathers, and adolescents. Clear cross-sectional but few longitudinal linkages were found between parenting stress, parenting behavior, and adolescent behavior problems. Only maternal parenting stress was related to later adolescent externalizing problems, but not to internalizing problems nor parenting behaviors. These nuanced findings raise questions about the actual impact that parents have on their children’s outcomes. We recommend further longitudinal research to unravel any bidirectional influences between mothers, fathers, and adolescents.
  • Publisher: New York: Springer US
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1062-1024
    EISSN: 1573-2843
    DOI: 10.1007/s10826-020-01885-0
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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