Maternal warmth and early adolescents’ internalizing symptoms and externalizing behavior: Mediation via emotional insecurity

Alegre, Albert; Escoda, Núria Pérez

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.077

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“…More specifically, we focused on the aforementioned “system level”, and we developed an instrument accounting for the most significant areas in which risk (or protective) factors are considered to play their effects in relation to the onset of adolescent deviant behaviour intended as a maladaptive conduct. According to the reference literature, and considering factors that go beyond the individual sphere, such main areas are the family context, the scholastic context, and the relationship with the peer group [ 4 , 5 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. Each of the three areas is multifaceted since it contains specific aspects that are believed to be particularly influential.…”

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Assessment of Family, Peers, and Externalising Behaviour Dimensions in Adolescence: The Proposal of a Comprehensive Instrument (FPEB)

Caso

Greco

Florio

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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In the context of externalising behaviour problems, risk factor research (RFR) focuses on risk and protective factors of juvenile delinquency, which can pertain to individual, system, and societal levels. Several instruments aiming at measuring these factors have been developed, but a comprehensive research tool is missing. The aim of the present study was to develop and validate a questionnaire, the “Family, Peers, and Externalising Behaviour in adolescence” (FPEB) as a tool for assessing adolescents’ tendency of externalising behaviour, the quality of relation with their parents, and peer-relations. FPEB was administered to 835 Italian students (36.8% males, age M = 13.81, SD = 1.54) together with the Moral Disengagement questionnaire to test concurrent validity. Data about socio-demographics and school performance were also collected. An EFA (Promax rotation, subsample A, n = 444) resulted in a four-factor structure that was corroborated by a CFA (subsample B, n = 388). The factors were “externalising behaviour” (var 13.16%), “peer relations difficulties” (var 11.10%), “Family conflict” (var 8.32%), and “lack of family negotiation” (var 7.11%) and showed good internal consistency (all α ≥ 0.65). There were differences between males and females in the correlational patterns of the four factors. The FPEB factors also showed good concurrent validity: two of the four factors (“lack of family negotiation” and “externalising behaviour”) and the total score of the scale correlated with the “Moral disengagement scale”, whereas peer relation difficulties did not. Further analyses also showed gender differences (except for “peer relations difficulties”) and an association between students’ school performance and “externalising behaviour”, “family conflict”, and the total FPEB scores. We concluded that the FPEB is a tool that is potentially useful to assess risk and protective factors and to plan targeted interventions (focusing on the specific area). Limitations and suggestions for further improvements are also discussed.

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Assessment of Family, Peers, and Externalising Behaviour Dimensions in Adolescence: The Proposal of a Comprehensive Instrument (FPEB)

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Greco

Florio

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“…Mais recentemente, o papel potencialmente mediador de segurança emocional (um constructo relacionado ao apego) entre afeto materno e problemas externalizantes e internalizantes foi confirmado (Alegre et al, 2014). Pode-se pensar, no caso do presente estudo, que o impacto da rejeição materna sobre a agressividade e a delinquência parece ser tanto direto como indireto (dado que a mediação foi parcial para essas predições).…”

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“…Finalmente, recentemente, um estudo conduzido na Espanha com 203 pré-adolescentes investigou o papel potencialmente mediador de segurança emocional entre afeto materno e problemas externalizantes e internalizantes (Alegre, Benson, Pérez-Escoda, 2014) Os autores concluíram que houve o efeito mediador da variável segurança emocional, isto é, altos níveis de afeto materno estiveram associados a maiores níveis de segurança emocional, que por sua vez, tende a promover menos problemas inernalizantes e externalizantes nos filhos.…”

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Relação entre Práticas Parentais e Problemas de Externalização e Internalização: Papel Mediador do Vínculo do Apego

Nunes¹,

Faraco

Vieira

et al. 2016

Inter. Psicol.

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RESUMOOs problemas emocionais e comportamentais infantis têm sido alvo de crescente investigação devido a sua alta estabilidade e por precederem os transtornos psicopatológicos na vida adulta. Esse estudo objetivou investigar o papel mediador do vínculo de apego na relação entre práticas parentais e problemas externalizantes (agressividade/delinquência) e internalizantes (retraimento social/ansiedade/depres-são). Um total de 289 crianças (M = 10,5 anos, DP = 0,77) responderam à Security Scale e 181 mães responderam ao Child Rearing Practices Report-Q e, também, ao Child Behavior Checklist. Os resultados revelaram o papel mediador do vínculo de apego materno nos problemas externalizantes, mas não nos internalizantes, e salientam a importância de se considerar a qualidade do apego nas relações entre práticas parentais e problemas emocionais e comportamentais na infância.Palavras-chave: problemas externalizantes; problemas internalizantes; vínculo de apego; práticas parentais. ABSTRACT Relationship between parenting and internalizing and externalizing problems: the mediating role of attachmentChildren emotional and behavioral problems have been a topic of increasing investigation due to its high stability and its role as a predictor to psychopathological disorders in adulthood. This study investigated the mediating role of attachment to the association between parenting practices externalizing problems (aggression and delinquency) and internalizing (social withdrawal and anxiety / depression). A total of 289 children (Mage = 10,5; SD = 0,77) answered the Security Scale, an instrument about parenting practices (PRRC) and the Child Behavior Checklist. The results indicated that the quality of maternal attachment played a mediating role on externalizing problems, but not on internalizing which emphasize the important role that attachment quality can play in the association between parenting practices and emotional and behavioral problems in childhood.

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“…No cabe duda de que estos resultados refuerzan la importancia que tienen los componentes de la aceptación/implicación para la socialización familiar, dimensión que es compartida por los estilos autorizativo e indulgente, facilitando el modelado de la conducta de los menores, el establecimiento de un régimen de reglas claras y bien estructuradas, así como una comunicación íntima, abierta y espontánea (Alegre, Benson & Pérez-Escoda, 2013;García & Gracia, 2010;Martínez, et al, 2013;Pérez, 2012).…”

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2016

Ped Soc. Rev Int

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Maternal warmth and early adolescents’ internalizing symptoms and externalizing behavior: Mediation via emotional insecurity

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

Assessment of Family, Peers, and Externalising Behaviour Dimensions in Adolescence: The Proposal of a Comprehensive Instrument (FPEB)

Assessment of Family, Peers, and Externalising Behaviour Dimensions in Adolescence: The Proposal of a Comprehensive Instrument (FPEB)

Relação entre Práticas Parentais e Problemas de Externalização e Internalização: Papel Mediador do Vínculo do Apego

¿Cómo educar? ¿Lo estamos haciendo bien? Contribuyendo al actual debate de la literatura acerca del estilo educativo parental óptimo

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