title: Linking mother and youth parenting attitudes: indirect effects via maltreatment, parent involvement, and youth functioning.
abstract: Evidence suggests that parenting attitudes are transmitted within families. However, limited research has examined this prospectively. The current prospective study examined direct effects of early maternal attitudes toward parenting (as measured at child age 4 by the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory [AAPI]) on later youth parenting attitudes (as measured by the AAPI at youth age 18). Indirect effects via child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and emotional maltreatment), parent involvement, and youth functioning (internalizing and externalizing problems) were also assessed. Analyses were conducted on data from 412 families enrolled in the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN). There were significant direct effects for three of the four classes of mother parenting attitudes (appropriate developmental expectations of children, empathy toward children, and appropriate family roles) on youth attitudes but not for rejection of punishment. In addition, the following indirect effects were obtained: Mother expectations influenced youth expectations via neglect; mother empathy influenced youth empathy via both parental involvement and youth externalizing problems; and mother rejection of punishment influenced youth rejection of punishment via youth internalizing problems. None of the child or family process variables, however, affected the link between mother and youth attitudes about roles.
authors.affiliation: Richard H. Calica Center for Innovation in Children and Family Services, Juvenile Protective Association, Chicago, IL, USA rthompson@juvenile.org.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Litrownik
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Diana J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: English
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kotch
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dubowitz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: maltreatment; parenting attitudes; youth adjustment
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