Title

Mothers' Perceptions Of Young Children, Parenting, And Young Children'S Behavior Problems

Keywords

Behavior problems; Mothers; Parenting; Perceptions; Young children

Abstract

Historically, research demonstrates that mothers' attitudes and characteristics of their parenting are intertwined. More recently, mothers' perceptions of their children are becoming a new focus of interest. To further understand the relationships among mothers' perceptions of their young children, their parenting behaviors, and their ratings of their young children's behavior problems, this study examines the ratings of a diverse group of mothers who have young children. Correlational results of this study demonstrate that these variables are related in the anticipated directions. Further, results of regression analyses suggest that mothers' positive and negative perceptions of their young children and their use of limit setting are important in predicting children's behavior problems. These findings suggest that interventions focusing on changing mothers' perceptions of their young children as well as their parenting behaviors may be related to decreases in young children's behavior problems. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

4-1-2011

Publication Title

Child and Family Behavior Therapy

Volume

33

Issue

2

Number of Pages

123-138

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/07317107.2011.571139

Socpus ID

79958721965 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79958721965

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