Parenting Preschoolers with Disruptive Behavior Disorders: Does Child Gender Matter?

摘要: Parental responses to child behavior can have an important impact on later behavioral outcomes. Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders often engage in externalizing and disruptive behaviors, which usually elicit negative from parents. Boys are more frequently diagnosed these disorders, resulting a dearth of literature parental girls Disorders. Studies found that parents react negatively when behavior, plausibly because it is contrary societal gender expectations. The current study investigates this dynamic within the population preschoolers I predicted would show behaviors toward than they boys. Fifty-nine parent-child dyads were included study, all children during their interview Disorder. Each dyad completed interaction task, was coded for non-supportive parenting strategies affect. majority response variables not be significantly different between groups, possibly may better acclimated children. exception findings, Ambiguous Directions, strategy common parent-boy dyads. This result consistent literature, suggests less explicit directive communication young In summary, topic remains inconclusive, further research should done intersection parenting, gender, PARENTING PRESCHOOLERS