Parental involvement as an etiological moderator of middle childhood oppositional defiant disorder.

Abstract

The goal of this study was to investigate parental involvement as an etiologic moderator of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) during middle childhood. Previous studies examining the influence of genetic and environmental factors on ODD have not considered whether and how these factors might vary by parental involvement. We thus conducted a series of “latent G by measured E” interaction analyses, in which measured parental involvement was allowed to moderate genetic, shared, and non-shared environmental influences on child ODD. Participants include 1027 twin pairs (age ranged from 6 to 11 years old) from the Michigan State University Twin Registry (MSUTR). Results did indeed suggest that the etiology of ODD varies with maternal involvement, such that genetic influence on ODD became more prominent as maternal involvement decreased. However, these results were specific to children’s perceptions of maternal involvement and did not extend to maternal perceptions of her involvement. There was no evidence that paternal involvement moderated the etiology of ODD, regardless of informant. The different results found in twins’ and parents’ data is consistent with previous research that children may have different perceptions from parents about their family relationships and this discrepancy needs to be taken into account in future research.

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of Oppositional Defiant Behavior Inventory

“…The economic costs associated with oppositional defiant disorder are not limited to treatment costs, but the criminal behaviors go beyond the treatment of the disorder (5). Oppositional defiant disorder affects family members and the community (7)(8)(9). Therefore, early diagnosis and initiation of treatment can prevent economic, social, family, and personal harm.…”

Análise das Propriedades Psicométricas do Questionário de Monitoramento Parental

“…Pode constituir mecanismos de proteção contra problemas de comportamento para indivíduos em risco (Véronneau & Dishion, 2010) ou expostos aos efeitos adversos da amizade com colegas academicamente desengajados (Im, Hughes, & West, 2016). O efeito protetor para comportamentos de risco está particularmente associado à percepção do adolescente sobre a supervisão dos pais (Clark, Donnellan, Robins, & Conger, 2015;Del Priore, Schlomer, & Ellis, 2017;Low & Espelage, 2014), um dado que reforça a importância da perspectiva dos filhos, assinalada recentemente em estudo sobre envolvimento parental e comportamento oposicional desafiante em crianças mais jovens, de seis a 11 anos (Li, Clark, Klump, & Burt, 2017).…”