title: Gender differences in the relation between mothering behaviors and child-behavior problems among Hispanic preschoolers.
abstract: This is a report of an examination of gender differences in behavior problems and a prediction of their changes from 2.5 to 3.5 years from mothering qualities among 209 low-income Hispanic children. Externalizing behaviors declined over this time somewhat more for girls than for boys. Fewer externalizing behavior problems at age 3.5 were correlated with more supportive and less intrusive mothering at 2.5, but only for boys, and increases in externalizing behavior among boys were uniquely predicted by greater maternal intrusiveness. Implications for understanding parental control factors among Hispanic families are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dallas Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Margaret O'Brien
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Caughy
authors.affiliation: School of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas.
authors.forename: Tatiana Nogueira
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Peredo
authors.affiliation: School of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas.
authors.forename: Margaret Tresch
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.affiliation: Dallas Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Britain
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012727:Sex Characteristics