The mediating role of temperament between parenting style and externalizing problem behaviors in school-age children
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20231201-00279
- VernacularTitle:气质在父母教养方式和学龄儿童外化问题行为间的中介作用
- Author:
Xiuhua LYU
1
;
Man ZHAO
;
Yuling LI
Author Information
1. 内蒙古民族幼儿师范高等专科学校学前教育系，鄂尔多斯 017000
- Keywords:
Parenting style;
Temperament;
Externalizing problem behaviors;
Mediating effect;
School-age children
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2024;33(6):532-538
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the influence of temperament between parenting style and externalizing problem behaviors in school-age children.Methods:In October 2017, a stratified cluster sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey among 380 school-age children in Aruhorqin Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. All the school-age children were assessed by the Achenbach child behavior checklist, parenting style scale, and middle childhood temperament questionnaire.Mediation models were established by the PROCESS macro program of SPSS, and the mediating effect was tested by the Bootstrap method.Results:The scores of various scales for school-age children were as follows: father's authoritative parenting style(3.77±1.11), father's authoritarian parenting style(1.55±0.68), father's indulgent parenting style(1.25±0.57), mother's authoritative parenting style(3.86±1.16), mother's authoritarian parenting style(1.64±0.73), mother's indulgent parenting style(1.25±0.61), activity level(2.42±0.71), attention dispersion(3.78±0.81), externalization problem behaviors 3.0(4.0).For school-age children, the scores of externalization problem behaviors were negatively correlated with the scores of authoritative parenting style( r=-0.15, -0.11, both P<0.05), and positively correlated with authoritarian and indulgent parenting style ( r=0.17-0.33, all P<0.05). The scores of externalization problem behaviors were positively correlated with eight temperament dimensions, such as adaptability, emotional essence, reaction threshold, attention dispersion, persistence, rhythmicity, activity level and reaction intensity( r=0.17-0.42, all P<0.05). After controlling for age and gender, attention dispersion played a masking effect on the influence of authoritative parenting style on children's externalizing problem behaviors, with the indirect effect accounting for 21.05%(|0.04/-0.19|) and 26.67%(|0.04/-0.15|) of the direct effect respectively. Attention dispersion partially mediated the impact of father's authoritarian parenting style on children's externalization problem behaviors, with the mediating effect accounting for 10.71%(0.03/0.28) of the total effect. Response intensity partially mediated the impact of authoritarian parenting style on children's externalizing problem behaviors, with the mediating effect accounting for 25.00%(0.07/0.28) and 27.58%(0.08/0.29) of the total effect respectively. Conclusion:Temperament plays a mediating role between parenting styles and externalizing problem behaviors among school-age children. A nurturing environment suitable for children's temperament should be created to prevent the occurrence of externalizing problem behaviors among school-age children.
