ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Linking child adjustment difficulties with mother's maladaptive parental behavior: The mediating roles of parental cognitions and parenting stress
Ingrid Dănilă,
Robert Balazsi,
Diana Tăut,
Adriana Băban,
Heather M. Foran,
Nina Heinrich,
Jamie M. Lachman,
Judy Hutchings,
Corresponding Author
Ingrid Dănilă
Department of Psychology, Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Correspondence
Ingrid Dănilă, Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University, 37 Republicii Street, 400015, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorRobert Balazsi
Department of Psychology, Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Search for more papers by this authorDiana Tăut
Department of Psychology, Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Search for more papers by this authorAdriana Băban
Department of Psychology, Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Search for more papers by this authorHeather M. Foran
Department of Health Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
Search for more papers by this authorNina Heinrich
Department of Psychology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorJamie M. Lachman
Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Search for more papers by this authorJudy Hutchings
Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
Search for more papers by this authorIngrid Dănilă,
Robert Balazsi,
Diana Tăut,
Adriana Băban,
Heather M. Foran,
Nina Heinrich,
Jamie M. Lachman,
Judy Hutchings,
Corresponding Author
Ingrid Dănilă
Department of Psychology, Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Correspondence
Ingrid Dănilă, Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University, 37 Republicii Street, 400015, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorRobert Balazsi
Department of Psychology, Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Search for more papers by this authorDiana Tăut
Department of Psychology, Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Search for more papers by this authorAdriana Băban
Department of Psychology, Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Search for more papers by this authorHeather M. Foran
Department of Health Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
Search for more papers by this authorNina Heinrich
Department of Psychology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorJamie M. Lachman
Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Search for more papers by this authorJudy Hutchings
Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
Search for more papers by this authorIngrid Dănilă and Robert Balazsi contributed equally to this study.
Abstract
Child abuse is prevalent worldwide, with most of the burden in developing countries. To reduce and prevent child abuse occurrence, many efforts are directed toward reducing maladaptive parental behaviors (MPBs), a predictor of parents' risk of engaging in child abusive behaviors. MPBs have been associated with child (e.g., behavioral difficulties) and parent characteristics (e.g., parenting stress and parental cognitions), although little research tested for mediational pathways. This study aimed to test the pathways through which child and parent characteristics are linked to MPB. Consistent with the social information processing model of parenting, we hypothesized that child behavioral difficulties would exert an indirect influence on MPB through parenting stress and that parenting stress will exert a direct and indirect effect on MPB through parental cognitions (i.e., expectations, attitudes, and attributions). This study used data from 243 mothers of children aged between 2 and 9 years in Romania. Two-stage structural equation modeling was employed to test the hypothesized model. Results support the role of child behavior, parenting stress, and parental cognitions in predicting MPB (R 2 = 0.69). Significant indirect effects were found from child behavior to MPB via parenting stress and parental cognitions. Direct effects from parenting stress and parental cognitions to MPB were significant. Findings show that parenting stress and parental cognitions are important mechanisms through which child behavioral difficulties influence maladaptive parental behavior, underscoring the need to focus on these mechanisms when assessing or intervening with families at risk for child abuse.
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