TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - The specificity of maternal parenting behavior and child adjustment difficulties: a study of inner-city African American families
JO  - Journal of family psychology
A1  - Jones, Deborah J.
A1  - Forehand, Rex
A1  - Rakow, Aaron
A1  - Colletti, Christina J. M.
A1  - McKee, Laura
A1  - Zalot, Alecia
SP  - 181
EP  - 192
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - The specificity of the association between 2 parenting behaviors (warmth and supervision) and 2 indicators, aggressive behavior and depressive symptoms, of major child outcomes (externalizing problems and internalizing problems) was examined among 196 inner-city African American mothers and their school age children. Given the growing number of African American families affected by HIV/AIDS and demonstrated compromises in parenting associated with maternal infection, the moderating role of maternal HIV/AIDS was also examined. Findings from longitudinal analyses supported the specificity of maternal warmth but not of maternal supervision. Maternal warmth was a stronger predictor of decreases in child aggressive behavior than of decreases in depressive symptoms. In addition, maternal warmth was a stronger predictor of decreases in aggressive behavior than was maternal supervision. Parenting specificity was not moderated by maternal HIV/AIDS. Clinical implications and future research directions are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0893-3200
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.22.2.181
ID  - ref1
ER  -