title: The Role of Parenting Styles in the Relation Between Functions of Aggression and Internalizing Symptoms in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Population.
abstract: Psychiatric inpatient hospitalization is a costly intervention for youth. With rates of hospitalization rising, efforts to refine prevention and intervention are necessary. Aggression often precedes severe internalizing behaviors, and proactive and reactive functions of aggression are differentially associated with internalizing symptomatology. Thus, further understanding of the links between functions of aggression and internalizing symptomatology could aid in the improvement of interventions for hospitalized youth. The current study examined parenting styles, gender, and age as potential moderators of the relations between proactive and reactive aggression and internalizing symptoms. Participants included 392 children, 6-12 years of age admitted consecutively to a psychiatric inpatient unit. Reactive aggression was uniquely associated with anxiety symptoms. However, proactive aggression was associated with internalizing problems only when specific parenting styles and demographic factors were present. Although both proactive and reactive subtypes of aggression were associated with internalizing symptoms, differential associations were evident. Implications of findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas, 1000 Sunnyside Ave, Dole HDC 2006, Lawrence, KS, 66049, USA. capcasey@ku.edu.
authors.forename: Casey A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pederson
authors.affiliation: Psychology and Behavior Center, Brandon, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Jamie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rathert
authors.affiliation: Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas, 1000 Sunnyside Ave, Dole HDC 2006, Lawrence, KS, 66049, USA.
authors.forename: Paula J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Fite
authors.affiliation: Glenwood Autism and Behavioral Health and Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stoppelbein
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Leilani
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greening
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Anxiety symptoms; Depressive symptoms; Parenting styles; Proactive and reactive aggression