Parenting and Turkish children's behaviour problems: the moderating role of qualities of parent-child relationship


Acar I. H., Ucus S., Yildiz S.

EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE, vol.189, no.7, pp.1072-1085, 2019 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 189 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/03004430.2017.1365362
  • Journal Name: EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1072-1085
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The current study is an examination of contributions of parenting styles and qualities of parent-child relationship (PCR) to Turkish children's externalizing and internalizing behaviours, with a specific focus on the moderating role of PCR (closeness and conflict) on parenting styles (authoritarian and democratic/authoritative) when predicting children's externalizing and internalizing behaviours. Participants were 94 children (56 boys) with the mean age of 7.05 years (SD = 0.88) in a suburban district in Turkey. Mothers reported on their parenting styles and relationships with their children as well as children's externalizing and internalizing behaviours. Results from regression analyses showed that parent-child closeness significantly moderated the association between authoritarian parenting and children's externalizing behaviours. Parent-child conflict significantly moderated the association between authoritarian parenting and children's internalizing behaviours. The parent-child conflict was positively associated with children's externalizing behaviour and authoritarian parenting was positively associated with internalizing behaviour. Limitations and future directions of the current study are discussed.