Callous/unemotional traits moderate the relation between ineffective parenting and child externalizing problems: a partial replication and extension.
We replicated and extended Wootton, Frick, Shelton, and Silverthorn's (1997) finding that children's callous/unemotional (C/U) traits moderated the association between poor parenting and children's externalizing problems. C/U traits were indexed (a) as dichotomous scores (D-C/U) above or below a cut score on the original C/U subscale and (b) as continuous scores (C-C/U-R) on the revised C/U subscale. Results did not support a moderating role for D-C/U scores, but significant interactions were found between C-C/U-R scores and poor parenting when predicting teachers and peers ratings of externalizing behavior. Poor parenting was unrelated to problem behavior in children with relatively high C-C/U-R scores.
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Mary
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Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, USA.
Cavell
Timothy A
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Hughes
Jan N
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010379:Peer Group; D012307:Risk Factors