The Role of Parent Psychopathology in the Developmental Trajectories of Preschool Children with Behavior Problems

Breaux, Rosanna P.

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The Role of Parent Psychopathology in the Developmental Trajectories of Preschool Children with Behavior Problems

dc.contributor.advisor	Elizabeth Harvey
dc.contributor.author	Breaux, Rosanna P.
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Psychology
dc.date	2023-09-23T07:34:29.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T20:34:54Z
dc.date.available	2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2013-01-01
dc.date.submitted	February
dc.description.abstract	This study investigated associations among different parental psychopathology dimensions and child functioning. Mothers and fathers of preschoolers with behavior problems (n = 132) completed psychopathology questionnaires when children were 3 years old. Children’s externalizing, internalizing, and social problems, academic achievement, and cognitive ability were assessed at annual home visits from age 3 to 6. In general, maternal psychopathology symptoms were associated with mothers’ reports of externalizing, internalizing, and social problems at age 3 and 6. Additionally, paternal psychopathology symptoms were associated with fathers’ reports of externalizing and internalizing problems at age 3 and 6. Mothers with more elevated psychopathology symptom dimensions had children with more mother-reported and father- reported externalizing and internalizing problems, and lower social competence at age 3 and age 6. Fathers with more elevated psychopathology symptom dimensions had children with more mother-reported internalizing problems at age 3 and 6. Only a few parental psychopathology dimensions (maternal ADHD and Cluster A symptoms, and paternal ADHD, depression, and antisocial symptoms) emerged as unique predictors of child functioning at age 3 and 6. These findings suggest that most types of mothers’ and fathers’ psychopathology may play a role in the behavioral, social, and emotional outcome of preschoolers with behavior problems.
dc.description.degree	Master of Science (M.S.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/3398091
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/44441
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2087&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Preschoolers
dc.subject	Behavior Problems
dc.subject	Parents
dc.subject	Psychopathology
dc.subject	Development
dc.subject	Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
dc.subject	Mental Disorders
dc.title	The Role of Parent Psychopathology in the Developmental Trajectories of Preschool Children with Behavior Problems
dc.type	open
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
digcom.contributor.author	isAuthorOfPublication\|email:rbreaux@psych.umass.edu\|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst\|Breaux, Rosanna P.
digcom.date.embargo	2012-10-16T00:00:00-07:00
digcom.identifier	theses/1015
digcom.identifier.contextkey	3398091
digcom.identifier.submissionpath	theses/1015
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