TY - JOUR
T1 - Parenting and Children's Behavior at 36 Months
T2 - Equivalence Between African American and European American Mother - Child Dyads
AU - Whiteside-Mansell, Leanne
AU - Bradley, Robert H.
AU - Owen, Margaret Tresch
AU - Randolph, Suzanne M.
AU - Cauce, Ana Mari
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2003, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2003/8/1
Y1 - 2003/8/1
N2 - Objective. This study examines the similarity of parenting and the associations between maternal behavior and child problem and prosocial behavior across two racial groups. Design. Using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care (SECC), analyses included an examination of the comparability of maternal and child behavior between African American (n = 123) and European American (n = 953) families using multiple-group mean and covariance structures analysis (MACS). Observational data from two mother - child activities and maternal report of child behavior were used to construct three parenting and four child latent constructs. Results. Comparable measures of parenting (Responsive, Harsh, and Intrusive), child problem behavior (Externalizing and Internalizing), and child prosocial behavior (Compliance and Expressiveness) were found using partial invariance methods across racial groups. The associations between harsh, intrusive and responsive parenting and child behaviors were found to be similar across racial groups. Conclusions. Generality in the organization of parenting and similarity in their association to child behavior obtain across racial groups.
AB - Objective. This study examines the similarity of parenting and the associations between maternal behavior and child problem and prosocial behavior across two racial groups. Design. Using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care (SECC), analyses included an examination of the comparability of maternal and child behavior between African American (n = 123) and European American (n = 953) families using multiple-group mean and covariance structures analysis (MACS). Observational data from two mother - child activities and maternal report of child behavior were used to construct three parenting and four child latent constructs. Results. Comparable measures of parenting (Responsive, Harsh, and Intrusive), child problem behavior (Externalizing and Internalizing), and child prosocial behavior (Compliance and Expressiveness) were found using partial invariance methods across racial groups. The associations between harsh, intrusive and responsive parenting and child behaviors were found to be similar across racial groups. Conclusions. Generality in the organization of parenting and similarity in their association to child behavior obtain across racial groups.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15327922PAR0303_02
DO - 10.1207/S15327922PAR0303_02
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57049100152
SN - 1529-5192
VL - 3
SP - 197
EP - 234
JO - Parenting
JF - Parenting
IS - 3
ER -