Examining the bidirectional relationships between maternal intrusiveness and child internalizing symptoms in a community sample: A longitudinal study from infancy to middle childhood
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Examining the bidirectional relationships between maternal intrusiveness and child internalizing symptoms in a community sample : A longitudinal study from infancy to middle childhood. / Hunter, Hannah; Allen, Kristy Benoit; Liu, Ran; Jaekel, Julia; Bell, Martha Ann.
I: Depression and Anxiety, Bind 38, Nr. 12, 12.2021, s. 1245-1255.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Examining the bidirectional relationships between maternal intrusiveness and child internalizing symptoms in a community sample
T2 - A longitudinal study from infancy to middle childhood
AU - Hunter, Hannah
AU - Allen, Kristy Benoit
AU - Liu, Ran
AU - Jaekel, Julia
AU - Bell, Martha Ann
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Background: Myriad parenting behaviors have been linked to the development of internalizing disorders in children. Intrusive parenting, characterized by autonomy-limiting behaviors that hold the parent's agenda above that of the child, may uniquely contribute to the development of child internalizing symptoms. The current study investigates bidirectional effects between maternal intrusiveness and internalizing symptomology from infancy to middle childhood. Methods: Participants were a community sample of 218 infant–mother dyads assessed at 7 time points (5 and 10 months; 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9 years). Maternal intrusiveness was behaviorally coded at all timepoints; mothers completed the CBCL for their child at ages 3, 4, 6, and 9 years. The empirically derived Internalizing subscale was used to assess child internalizing symptoms. Results: About 1/3 to ½ of mothers displayed maternal intrusiveness across infancy and childhood, with the exception of ages 2–3 years, when an increase in the number of mothers displaying intrusiveness was observed. A cross-lagged panel model showed that intrusiveness and internalizing symptoms were concurrently related at 3 years, but this relationship disappeared when we controlled for maternal education. There was no evidence of prospective relationships between our constructs. Conclusions: Mothers in a community-based sample may increase intrusiveness in the toddler and early preschool years as children strive for more autonomy. Intrusiveness may play more of a maintenance role in child internalizing symptoms, and associations between maternal intrusiveness and child internalizing symptomatology may be weaker than hypothesized, varying by maternal education. Suggestions for assessing intrusive parenting in future studies are discussed.
AB - Background: Myriad parenting behaviors have been linked to the development of internalizing disorders in children. Intrusive parenting, characterized by autonomy-limiting behaviors that hold the parent's agenda above that of the child, may uniquely contribute to the development of child internalizing symptoms. The current study investigates bidirectional effects between maternal intrusiveness and internalizing symptomology from infancy to middle childhood. Methods: Participants were a community sample of 218 infant–mother dyads assessed at 7 time points (5 and 10 months; 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9 years). Maternal intrusiveness was behaviorally coded at all timepoints; mothers completed the CBCL for their child at ages 3, 4, 6, and 9 years. The empirically derived Internalizing subscale was used to assess child internalizing symptoms. Results: About 1/3 to ½ of mothers displayed maternal intrusiveness across infancy and childhood, with the exception of ages 2–3 years, when an increase in the number of mothers displaying intrusiveness was observed. A cross-lagged panel model showed that intrusiveness and internalizing symptoms were concurrently related at 3 years, but this relationship disappeared when we controlled for maternal education. There was no evidence of prospective relationships between our constructs. Conclusions: Mothers in a community-based sample may increase intrusiveness in the toddler and early preschool years as children strive for more autonomy. Intrusiveness may play more of a maintenance role in child internalizing symptoms, and associations between maternal intrusiveness and child internalizing symptomatology may be weaker than hypothesized, varying by maternal education. Suggestions for assessing intrusive parenting in future studies are discussed.
KW - childhood
KW - internalizing disorders
KW - longitudinal studies
KW - parental intrusiveness
KW - parenting
KW - parent–child relationships
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111828729&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/da.23207
DO - 10.1002/da.23207
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34339555
AN - SCOPUS:85111828729
VL - 38
SP - 1245
EP - 1255
JO - Depression and Anxiety
JF - Depression and Anxiety
SN - 1091-4269
IS - 12
ER -
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