title: Child behaviour problems, parenting behaviours and parental adjustment in mothers and fathers in Sweden.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aim to examine the relationship between child behavioural problems and several parental factors, particularly parental behaviours as reported by both mothers and fathers in a sample of preschool children in Sweden.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were mothers and fathers of 504 3- to 5-year-olds that were recruited through preschools. They completed a set of questionnaires including the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory, Parenting Sense of Competence Scale, Parenting Scale, Parent Problem Checklist, Dyadic Adjustment Scale and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Correlational analyses showed that parent-reported child behaviour problems were positively associated with ineffective parenting practices and interparental conflicts and negatively related to parental competence. Regression analyses showed that, for both mothers and fathers, higher levels of parental over-reactivity and interparental conflict over child-rearing issues and lower levels of parental satisfaction were the most salient factors in predicting their reports of disruptive child behaviour.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study revealed that swedish parents' perceptions of their parenting is related to their ratings of child behaviour problems which therefore implies that parent training programs can be useful in addressing behavioural problems in Swedish children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Sweden raziye.salari@kbh.uu.se.
authors.forename: Raziye
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salari
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarkadi
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D013548:Sweden; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Behaviour problems; fathers; mothers; parenting; preschool children