Family Risk and Externalizing Problems in Chilean Children: Mediation by Harsh Parenting and Emotional Support
Latent class analysis and multigroup mediation were used with 8,860 families in Chile to identify risk groups varying in socioeconomic status, family structure, and maternal depression, to determine whether profiles differed in children’s development of externalizing problems (EP) from 35 to 61 mont...
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Published in | Child development Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 871 - 888 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Ann Arbor
Wiley
01.05.2021
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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Summary: | Latent class analysis and multigroup mediation were used with 8,860 families in Chile to identify risk groups varying in socioeconomic status, family structure, and maternal depression, to determine whether profiles differed in children’s development of externalizing problems (EP) from 35 to 61 months, and maternal parenting that predicted EP. Four groups were identified: one no‐risk profile and three risk profiles, impoverished and undereducated, depressed and impoverished, and father‐absent and impoverished. All classes differed in EP. Maternal emotional support and harsh parenting were differentially associated with the development of EP across the three risk groups, relative to the low‐risk group. Thus, specific constellations of adversities differentially predicted children’s EP and socialization processes mediating links between risk and EP. Implications are discussed. |
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Bibliography: | This work was supported by CONICYT Doctoral Fellowship program; Grant No. 72180409 to Elisa Ugarte; CONICYT PIA CIE160007 fellowship to Marigen Narea. We are grateful to the Chilean government for their efforts and support for the data of this study and to all the participant families that made this study possible. All other coauthors do not declare any financial and material support. Elisa Ugarte, Dr. Narea, Dr. Aldoney, Dr. Weissman, and Dr. Hastings report no financial interests or potential conflicts of interest. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.13464 |