Effect of parental factors on social skills of preschool children with craniofacial anomalies

This study investigated the parenting stress and style and the social networks of parents with preschool children with and without craniofacial anomalies (CFA), and the effect of these factors on the child's level of social skill. Fifty-two families participated in the study. No differences wer...

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Published inThe Cleft palate-craniofacial journal Vol. 30; no. 5; p. 490
Main Authors Krueckeberg, S M, Kapp-Simon, K A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.1993
Subjects
Child Rearing
Child, Preschool
Cleft Lip - psychology
Cleft Palate - psychology
Congenital Abnormalities - psychology
Craniosynostoses - psychology
Face - abnormalities
Facial Expression
Female
Humans
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting - psychology
Psychological Tests
Regression Analysis
Sex Factors
Skull - abnormalities
Social Adjustment
Social Support
Stress, Psychological
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:This study investigated the parenting stress and style and the social networks of parents with preschool children with and without craniofacial anomalies (CFA), and the effect of these factors on the child's level of social skill. Fifty-two families participated in the study. No differences were found between the CFA and control groups on level of parenting stress, parenting style, or social network characteristics. However, parents with children with visible defects found their social support networks more helpful, and advocated a more nurturing parenting style. For the CFA group, parenting stress predicted child level of social skill. These results underscore the importance of investigating the interaction between parent and child factors.
ISSN:1055-6656
DOI:10.1597/1545-1569(1993)030<0490:EOPFOS>2.3.CO;2