title: Authoritarian parenting attitudes as a risk for conduct problems Results from a British national cohort study.
abstract: This study examines the associations, and possible causal relationship, between mothers' authoritarian attitudes to discipline and child behaviour using cross-sectional and prospective data from a large population sample surveyed in the 1970 British Cohort Study. Results show a clear linear relationship between the degree of maternal approval of authoritarian child-rearing attitudes and the rates of conduct problems at age 5 and age 10. This association is independent of the confounding effects of socio-economic status and maternal psychological distress. Maternal authoritarian attitudes independently predicted the development of conduct problems 5 years later at age 10. The results of this longitudinal study suggest that authoritarian parenting attitudes expressed by mothers may be of significance in the development of conduct problems.
authors.affiliation: Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Lincoln Partnership NHS Trust, Moore House, 10/11 Lindum Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 5RS, UK.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hollis
authors.forename: David Richards
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Dagger
mesh_terms: D001318:Authoritarianism; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom