TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Parental Acceptance-Rejection on Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors
T2 - A Longitudinal, Multicultural Study
AU - Rothenberg, W. Andrew
AU - Ali, Sumbleen
AU - Rohner, Ronald P.
AU - Lansford, Jennifer E.
AU - Britner, Preston A.
AU - Di Giunta, Laura
AU - Dodge, Kenneth A.
AU - Malone, Patrick S.
AU - Oburu, Paul
AU - Pastorelli, Concetta
AU - Skinner, Ann T.
AU - Sorbring, Emma
AU - Steinberg, Laurence
AU - Tapanya, Sombat
AU - Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe
AU - Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean
AU - Alampay, Liane Peña
AU - Al-Hassan, Suha M.
AU - Bacchini, Dario
AU - Bornstein, Marc H.
AU - Chang, Lei
AU - Deater-Deckard, Kirby
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Background: Grounded in interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory, this study assessed children's (N=1,315) perceptions of maternal and paternal acceptance-rejection in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States) as predictors of children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors across ages 7-14 years.Methods: Parenting behaviors were measured using children's reports on the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire. Child externalizing and internalizing behaviors were measured using mother, father, and child reports on the Achenbach System of Empirically-Based Assessment.Results: Using a multilevel modeling framework, we found that in cultures where both maternal and paternal indifference/neglect scores were higher than average-compared to other cultures -children's internalizing problems were more persistent. At the
within-culture level, all four forms of maternal and paternal rejection (i.e., coldness/lack of affection, hostility/aggression, indifference/neglect, and undifferentiated rejection) were independently associated with both externalizing and internalizing problems across ages 7-14 even after controlling for child gender, parent education, and each of the four forms of parental rejection.
Conclusions: Results demonstrate that the effects of perceived parental acceptance-rejection are panculturally similar.
AB - Background: Grounded in interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory, this study assessed children's (N=1,315) perceptions of maternal and paternal acceptance-rejection in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States) as predictors of children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors across ages 7-14 years.Methods: Parenting behaviors were measured using children's reports on the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire. Child externalizing and internalizing behaviors were measured using mother, father, and child reports on the Achenbach System of Empirically-Based Assessment.Results: Using a multilevel modeling framework, we found that in cultures where both maternal and paternal indifference/neglect scores were higher than average-compared to other cultures -children's internalizing problems were more persistent. At the
within-culture level, all four forms of maternal and paternal rejection (i.e., coldness/lack of affection, hostility/aggression, indifference/neglect, and undifferentiated rejection) were independently associated with both externalizing and internalizing problems across ages 7-14 even after controlling for child gender, parent education, and each of the four forms of parental rejection.
Conclusions: Results demonstrate that the effects of perceived parental acceptance-rejection are panculturally similar.
KW - Externalizing
KW - Internalizing
KW - Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory
KW - Longitudinal
KW - Multicultural
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U2 - 10.1007/s10826-021-02072-5
DO - 10.1007/s10826-021-02072-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 35529327
AN - SCOPUS:85113395050
SN - 1062-1024
VL - 31
SP - 29
EP - 47
JO - Journal of Child and Family Studies
JF - Journal of Child and Family Studies
IS - 1
ER -